Young woman who birthed a baby into a toilet in El Salvador faces second trial for murder in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country's highly restrictive abortion laws.
An intervention on behalf of Hernández would show that Bukele is"interested in the lives of women," said Deras. Morena Herrera, who fights for women's reproductive rights in El Salvador, also urged Bukele to raise his voice"in favor of Evelyn" so that the young woman can get on with her life.El Salvador is one of three countries in Central America with total bans on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, or when the mother's life is in danger.
Salvadoran law dictates up to eight years in prison for women who intentionally terminate a pregnancy, and for medical practitioners who assist them. However, aggressive prosecutors frequently upgrade the charges to aggravated homicide, which carries a maximum 40-year sentence. The Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador has tracked 146 prosecutions against women for abortion since 2014. Of those cases, 60 women were sentenced to jail, with 24 convicted of aggravated homicide. Some insist they suffered miscarriages and did not intentionally terminate their pregnancies.El Salvador is a deeply religious country, with 80% identifying as either Catholic or Evangelical Christian.
But it's also a country plagued by gang violence and macho attitudes about the roles of women. Every year, an estimated 25,000 women are impregnated after rapes in the country of just over 6 million inhabitants. It's believed that thousands of clandestine abortions are carried out each year in El Salvador.
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