Seriously ill woman expecting a baby with anencephaly has waited a month to learn whether she can have an abortion

One month after doctors filed a request, El Salvador’s Supreme Court has failed to rule on whether a woman at risk of dying because of a pregnancy can have an abortion.

The 21 year old woman, known only as Beatriz, is 20 weeks pregnant and risks dying. She has systemic lupus erythematosus, renal failure, and pre-eclampsia. The fetus has anencephaly, local media reports said, and is likely to die before it …