El Salvador rape victim jailed 30 years for stillbirth

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A 19-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in El Salvador after she suffered a stillbirth due to complications during her pregnancy. 

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was convicted of "aggravated homicide" on Wednesday under what Amnesty International called El Salvador's "retrograde anti-abortion law".

Local rights groups say Hernandez Cruz had been raped months before going into labour, but had not told police out of fear.

She also said she did not know she was pregnant when she suffered severe abdominal pain and fainted in her bathroom in April 2016.

Hospital staff reported her to officials and she was charged after the body of the feotus was found in a toilet.

According to local media, Hernandez Cruz was convicted on grounds that she did not get prenatal care. Prosecutors also argued that the baby may have died after birth. 

El Salvador is one of five countries where abortion is criminalised in all cases.

Under the country's law, which was implemented in 1998, women can be charged for murder and other related charges even when a pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or when the life or health of the pregnant woman or girl is at risk.

A woman can be punished by up to eight years, and in some cases women have been given sentences of up to 40 years if a judge determines "homicide" was committed.

al jazeera 

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Under the country's law, which was implemented in 1998, women can be charged for murder and other related charges even when a pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or when the life or health of the pregnant woman or girl is at risk.

So in some cases it's either you die or you go to prison 

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Central America is vile, backward trash, don't @me. They can't fix any of their shit ever, completely corrupt, no workforce to speak of since lucky people that leave it for other countries serve the economy of their new homelands (good for them!)

 

[Tasso 17,034]

[Kirjava 8,966]

Wtf?!?! How the fuck is giving birth to a dead fetus could ever be considered homicide?! Absolutely disgusting.

 

Edit: Oh wait, I missed this part

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According to local media, Hernandez Cruz was convicted on grounds that she did not get prenatal care. Prosecutors also argued that the baby may have died after birth. 

Still, how the fuck are they convicting without any evidence? Piece of shit misogynistic law.

 

[Anna-wa 39,629]

8 hours ago, QUINN said:

Under the country's law, which was implemented in 1998, women can be charged for murder and other related charges even when a pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or when the life or health of the pregnant woman or girl is at risk.

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 Someone cancel El Salvador, please

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I just saw other El Salvador news where the government advices women to not ger pregnant in the next TWO YEARS because of Zika affecting fetal growth and causing mutations Put the virus in jail, I guess Good luck with policing bodies, then jailing women for abortions, I mean...

 

[Luna Orihara 4]

[Kristina 16,973]

Imagine that some countries are still this backward in 2017. Fucking disgusting.

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Under the country's law, which was implemented in 1998, women can be charged for murder and other related charges even when a pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or when the life or health of the pregnant woman or girl is at risk.

[Chris 59,195]

is this really 2017?

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