How Zika could change the politics of abortion
WHEN THE MOSQUITO-BORNE Zika virus began burning through Latin America early this year, the women of the region were left with a choice that was no choice. Zika infections in pregnancy can result in children born with a neurological defect called microcephaly, which causes severe brain damage and dooms some babies born with it to die in their first year. Abortion is either illegal or severely restricted in nearly all Latin American countries—according to the Guttmacher Institute, fewer than 3% of women in
