SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR–The nation of El Salvador has become the first in the world to officially adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. The groundbreaking move now makes it possible for women who were victims of rape or incest to use the fledgling cryptocurrency to pay for backstreet illegal abortions, DIY home abortion equipment, funeral arrangements for themselves in the event of fatal hemorrhaging from notoriously dangerous makeshift abortion procedures, or the legal costs associated with being charged with aggravated homicide following miscarriage.
Wow, #sowoke, El Salvador!
All businesses and freelancers in El Salvador are now required to accept Bitcoin as an approved method of payment. And although some have expressed their reservations and lack of understanding of how the digital currency actually works, it should benefit all Salvadorans, from industrious business people to 10 year old girls who were raped by a member of their family and now have the option to pay for perilous illegal abortion procedures or the legal costs connected to prosecution and likely jail time if they miscarriage.
You go, El Salvador! You hit this one right out of the park!