A surgical robe hangs outside the operating room at the Juan Pablo Pina Hospital in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic.
A patient suffers complications after delivery.

A newborn baby, recently delivered by cesarean section, in the operating room.

Dr. Aida Mateo performs an abortion. Abortion is illegal in the Dominican Republic, but many women induce miscarriages by taking Misoprostol and going to the hospital to complete the procedure.


Blood, amniotic fluid, feces and urine after a delivery.

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