El Salvador's anti-abortion law makes criminals of mothers who miscarry Read moreAuthorities charged Vásquez with aggravated murder and she was convicted in 2008. Today the Salvadoran court chose to deny Teodora her due process.”Human rights group Amnesty International called the decision a step back for justice. “Teodora’s tragic story is a sad illustration of everything that is wrong with the justice system in El Salvador, where human rights seem to be a foreign concept,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty’s Americas director. The two organisations have filed two cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of some of the “Las17” women. Prior to the change in new legislation, abortion was only available to women if their lives were in danger.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2017 02:46 UTC