(Source: Center for Reproductive Rights) 12.03.15 - (PRESS RELEASE) Countless Salvadoran women with pregnancy complications continue to be arrested on suspicion of an abortion and later imprisoned for decades on charges of homicide according to a new case filed today before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) - a principal human rights body for the Americas. The Center for Reproductive Rights together with the Agrupación Ciudadana filed the case on behalf of nine women who had serious pregnancy complications and are now in prison due to the severe enforcement of El Salvador's absolute abortion ban. The petition shows that the women suffered multiple due process violations...
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