The Zika outbreak in Latin America shows that once again,the burden of sexual accountability falls on women, despite limited access to contraception and abortionIts hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, or hardly anyone had heard of the Zika virus or the condition to which it is now suspected to be linked. Microcephaly is a scarce congenital condition where infants are born with undersized craniums. Though Zika’s exact relationship,if any, to this lifelong condition has yet to be determined, and the World Health Organisation has declared Zika a global emergency,and government officials in Brazil, Colombia, or Ecuador and El Salvador are “advising women to avoid getting pregnant,for fright that the fast-spreading Zika virus may cause severe brain defects in unborn children”. Officials external affected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are advising women to “avoid travelling” to those areas.
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Source: theguardian.com