"If we are asking people to be the voice, be the face, we’re asking them to be kind of brave and courageous when they talk about these things ... And that’s empowering."
Running a family planning clinic without electricity has proven a monumental challenge, with little hope for improving conditions in the coming months. “There is still a lot of work to be done to overcome the devastation in our neighborhoods."
For now, Republicans have dropped their crusade to expand a federal ban on abortion coverage in the nation's health insurance plans, but they are likely to return to the issue when lawmakers return to Capitol Hill in January.
From all-out efforts to stop Republican attacks on the Affordable Care Act to counter-protests against white supremacists, 2017 demonstrated the power of resistance.
Vasquez's supporters in El Salvador and internationally see these events as a referendum on the ability of Salvadoran courts to serve the interests of justice, especially for women living in poverty.
