El Salvador woman freed after six years in jail following stillbirth

[Judi Lynn]

Cindy Erazo was accused of aggravated homicide after an obstetric emergency

Liz Ford
@lizfordguardian
Thu 24 Sep 2020 09.50 EDTLast modified on Thu 24 Sep 2020 09.51 EDT

A woman sentenced to 30 years in jail after a stillbirth that was judged to be her fault has been released from jail in El Salvador.

Cindy Erazo, 29, from San Salvador, was granted conditional freedom on Wednesday after six years in jail.

Morena Herrera, head of the Citizen’s Group for the Decriminalisation of Abortion, said that Erazo, who has a son aged 10, had an obstetric emergency when she was eight months pregnant. She was accused of attempting to end the pregnancy and charged with aggravated homicide. A year after her conviction, her sentenced was reduced to 10 years.

Dozens of women have been convicted for manslaughter, homicide and aggravated homicide after having miscarriages, stillbirths and other obstetric emergencies since El Salvador introduced a total ban on abortion in 1998.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/24/el-salvador-woman-freed-after-six-years-in-jail-following-stillbirth

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. And republicans and evangelicals

Want to put women in jail for abortion.
We need to silence the right-wing and disband the republican party,they are anti human rights anti human.