El Salvador woman freed after six years in jail following stillbirth
Source: The Guardian
El Salvador woman freed after six years in jail following stillbirth
Cindy Erazo was accused of aggravated homicide after an obstetric emergency
Liz Ford
@lizfordguardian
Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.50 BST
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 Citizens 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.
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