Zika and Reproductive Rights
The Zika epidemic has revealed two truths about health care in Latin America. Decades of cost-cutting have undermined public health systems, and limited reproductive rights have left women dangerously vulnerable to the terrifying consequences of the virus.
NEW YORK – Mosquitoes know no boundaries, and neither does fear. As public-health experts grapple with the Zika virus, panic continues to spread around the world. Yet the crisis has brought to light two important truths.