El Salvador's abortion law on trial (March 12, 2021)
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard arguments in Manuela v El Salvador this week. It is a landmark case that could shape policy and debate on abortion across Latin America. Manuela was a 33-year-old Salvadoran woman who, in 2008, fainted in a latrine while having a miscarriage (she did not know she was pregnant). She awoke handcuffed to a hospital bed and accused of having an abortion, which is illegal in El Salvador. Manuela was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Around the same time she was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. Two years later, she died of her illness in prison. (María Florencia Alcaraz's
El Salvador's abortion law on trial (March 12, 2021)
El Salvador's abortion law on trial (March…
El Salvador's abortion law on trial (March 12, 2021)
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard arguments in Manuela v El Salvador this week. It is a landmark case that could shape policy and debate on abortion across Latin America. Manuela was a 33-year-old Salvadoran woman who, in 2008, fainted in a latrine while having a miscarriage (she did not know she was pregnant). She awoke handcuffed to a hospital bed and accused of having an abortion, which is illegal in El Salvador. Manuela was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Around the same time she was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. Two years later, she died of her illness in prison. (María Florencia Alcaraz's