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Caribbean & Central America - September 2017 (ISSN 1741-4458)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Death of pregnant teenager prompts review of abortion legislation
A case involving the dead body of a 16-year old pregnant girl, Emely Peguero Polanco, found stuffed in a bag on an estate in the Dominican Republic (DR)’s province of Espaillat, has scandalised Dominican society and renewed calls for the country’s blanket ban on abortion to be lifted.
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