Mother of pregnant teen with cancer who died challenges Dominican Republic's strict abortion ban

The mother of a 16-year-old girl who died from leukemia in 2012 after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed cancer treatment due to her pregnancy is challenging the country’s strict abortion ban. Civil society groups, including a Christian organization, argue the ban violates rights to life, health, and equality, seeking legal exceptions for cases involving rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, or threats to the woman’s health.