El Salvador: Sentenced to 30 years in prison for a…
bad mother, hussy… Manuela is one of 181 cases identified in El Salvador[1] of women who suffered obstetric emergencies and were prosecuted with harsh prison sentences. In Manuela's case, the court found -without any evidence- that she had thrown her child into a latrine to cover up an alleged infidelity and thereby avoid public criticism. She was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment for first-degree murder. A significant number[2] of countries in the world, including in Central and South America, are moving towards the -in most cases partial- decriminalisation of abortion, as seen recentl...