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“The Dominican Republic is so concerned with preventing any abortion at any cost, they are sacrificing the well-being and lives of women and girls like my daughter.” “Women—including women living in poverty—deserve health care, not criminalization, writes Rosa Hernández, pictured above in the camp in front of the Dominican Congress, advocating for decriminalizing abortion. (@Rd3Causales) My daughter, Rosaura Almonte (Esperancita), was a young girl with big dreams and her whole life ahead of her when she died at age 16 after doctors denied her the chemotherapy she needed to save her...