El Salvador: Government must decriminalize abortion following release of woman jailed for stillbirth

Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín, a 34-year-old woman who spent 15 years in prison after suffering a stillbirth, was released from prison on Tuesday following the reduction of her 30-year sentence for “aggravated homicide” under El Salvador’s total abortion ban. In response to her release, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Americas Director, said: “While it’s a huge … Continue reading El Salvador: Government must decriminalize abortion following release of woman jailed for stillbirth