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Antony Thrower

Woman who suffered miscarriage jailed for 50 years for breaking abortion laws

A young woman who suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage has been jailed for 50 years in El Salvador for breaking the nation’s outrageously strict abortion laws.

Lesly Lisbeth Ramirez Ramirez, 21, was found guilty of aggravated homicide for “failing to protect her child”, sparking protests in El Salvador.

She was arrested in June 2020 when she had gone to the loo and delivered her daughter stillborn into the toilet bowl.

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