En 25-årig kvinde er blevet benådet i El Salvador efter at have afsonet syv år af en 30-års-fængselsdom for at få foretaget en abort. Det viste sig dog, at der var tale om en ufrivillig abort. Der er dog langt fra tale om et enestående tilfælde.
A pardon granted by El Salvador’s Parliamentary Assembly to a young woman imprisoned after suffering a miscarriage is a triumph of justice and gives hope to the other 15 women languishing in jail on similar charges, said Amnesty International.
In 2007 “Guadalupe” received a 30 year jail sentence after authorities wrongly suspected she had terminated her pregnancy. She was only 18 years old.
Amnesty kræver reformer af lovgivningen
“With this decision, El Salvador has undone a terrible injustice. Guadalupe should have never been jailed in the first place. This release is a triumph of justice and a result of the tireless work by local human rights activists,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.
“This decision must mark a turning point for El Salvador’s retrograde laws which punish women and girls when having medical complications during their pregnancies. It is time for the authorities to review the sentences against all women imprisoned for pregnancy-related complications and end its criminalization of women and girls and its heinous anti-abortion ban.”
Abort er uden undtagelser strengt forbudt
El Salvador has one of the most draconian abortion laws in the world, criminalizing abortion on all grounds, even when a woman or girls’ life or health is in danger and in cases of rape.
According to Amnesty International women and girls suspected of having illegal abortions are also often cruelly and deliberately charged with homicide, as in Guadalupe’s case.
The other 15 women jailed after suffering pregnancy-related complications are also seeking pardons.
Their cases will come before the Parliamentary Assembly in the coming months.
