Unsafe abortions: Haiti’s abortion crisis

Kudos to Jacqui Charles at The Miami Herald for her investigative story of the growing crisis of illegal abortions in Haiti now—an issue covered in Beyond Shock.

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- After one clinic failed to remove the 16-week-old fetus growing inside her, the desperate high school student turned to the “doctor” known to her only as Little Old Father, Ti Le Pè.

Standing in her sparse bedroom, the bearded man with a baseball cap first prepared a special bath — a mixture of Haitian moonshine, essential oil and a “special soap.” He then put her in bed, strapped her swollen stomach and disappeared. At 5 the next morning, he returned with a cold, murky herbal concoction.

Read Part One of this two-part article by clicking here.