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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFundie's wet dream: El Salvadoran woman jailed for having a miscarriage.
http://jezebel.com/salvadoran-woman-who-miscarried-sentenced-to-10-years-i-1449494825When 19 year-old Glenda Xiomara Cruz showed up to her local public hospital mid-miscarriage, she had no idea that she was pregnant in the first place. A pregnancy test she took in May was negative, and her body did not seem to change much throughout the previous months.
But the hospital staff, suspecting her of attempting to self-abort, reported her to the police and within four days she was charged with aggravated murder for "intentionally murdering the 38-to-42 week foetus." Last month she was sentenced 10 years in jail because "she should have saved the baby's life" according to the judge.
As insanely disheartening as that is to hear, Xiomara's case is not unusual. Between 2000 and 2011, 49 women have been convicted for either murder or abortionseven more since 2012. Every single one of these cases were reported public hospitals whose patients are usually poor and uneducated. And many convictions are based on very weak evidence and testimony. Xiomara herself was unable to attend her court hearing because she was too sick, having just miscarried.
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Fundie's wet dream: El Salvadoran woman jailed for having a miscarriage. (Original Post)
TheMightyFavog
Oct 2013
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Jesus Christ that poor girl...the fucking church needs to speak out against this shit
gopiscrap
Oct 2013
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gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)1. Jesus Christ that poor girl...the fucking church needs to speak out against this shit
Warpy
(111,270 posts)2. The fucking church is behind most of it.
They fight any liberalization of those horrible laws tooth and nail.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)3. I know that's why I am saying they
need to change course