El Salvador court commutes 2nd woman's abortion sentence

[Judi Lynn]

El Salvador court commutes 2nd woman's abortion sentence
Updated 12:59 pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2018

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Supreme Court has commuted the sentence of a second woman serving a prison sentence for what she said was a miscarriage.

Mayra Veronica Figueroa Marroquin left prison Tuesday after the court commuted her 30-year sentence to the 15 years she had already served.

Thirty-four-year-old Figueroa Marroquin said she suffered a miscarriage in 2003 while working as a housekeeper. But a court convicted her under El Salvador's total abortion ban.

In February, the court commuted the 30-year sentence of Teodora del Carmen Vasquez for what she says was a stillbirth.

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https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/El-Salvador-court-commutes-2nd-woman-s-abortion-12749952.php

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[Judi Lynn]

1. 'Immoral sentence': Salvadoran woman jailed for stillbirth set free after 14 years

Liz Ford
@lizfordguardian
Tue 13 Mar 2018 12.58 EDT Last modified on Tue 13 Mar 2018 13.00 EDT

A woman convicted of aggravated murder in El Salvador after suffering a stillbirth has been freed from prison, the second such release in the space of a month.

Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín, 34, had her sentence commuted by the ministry of justice and was released on Tuesday after serving almost 15 years of a 30-year sentence.

The court said it considered the sentence to be excessive and immoral.

El Salvador has had a total ban on abortion since 1998. Since then dozens of women have been accused of having illegal terminations after experiencing obstetric emergencies, and later have been convicted of homicide.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/13/el-salvador-woman-jailed-stillbirth-set-free-maira-veronica-figueroa-marroquin