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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 08:23 PM May 2016

El Salvador releases woman jailed after miscarriage, a victory for human rights

May 20, 2016

El Salvador releases woman jailed after miscarriage, a victory for human rights


A court's decision today to release a woman who spent four years in jail in El Salvador for miscarrying her pregnancy is a great victory for human rights, said Amnesty International.

María Teresa Rivera, 33, was jailed in 2011 and sentenced to 40 years in prison for “aggravated homicide” after having a miscarriage.

"The release of María Teresa is yet another step towards justice in a country where women are treated as mere second class citizens," said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.

“She should have never been forced to spend one second behind bars. Her release must be a catalyst for change in El Salvador, where dozens of women are put in prison because of an utterly ridiculous anti-abortion law which does nothing but put the lives of thousands of women and girls in danger.”

More:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/el-salvador-releases-woman-jailed-after-miscarriage-a-victory-for-human-rights

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El Salvador releases woman jailed after miscarriage, a victory for human rights (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2016 OP
I have no words for how horrifying her sentence was. CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,296 posts)
1. I have no words for how horrifying her sentence was.
Fri May 20, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

You might as well put God in prison, for having caused her to miscarry.

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