El Salvador frees women jailed after miscarriages | The women had been jailed for terms ranging from 6 to 13 years under some of the region’s harshest anti-abortion laws

The women had been jailed for terms ranging from six to 13 years under some of the region’s harshest anti-abortion laws.

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The women had lost their fetuses due to “health emergencies” during pregnancy, said the ACDATEE abortion rights group.
El Salvador bans abortion in all cases, and terminating a pregnancy can send a woman to jail for up to eight years.
“We continue fighting for the freedom of the rest of the women imprisoned,” said Herrera.
Catholic and evangelical anti-abortion groups often coordinate protests and social media campaigns against efforts to liberalise the country’s abortion ban.
They argue the victims in these cases are the unborn fetuses, rather than the imprisoned women or their families.