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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Woman who suffered miscarriage sentenced to 30 years for aggravated homicide in El Salvador

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A woman in El Salvador who suffered a miscarriage has become the latest to be sentenced to prison for aborting a pregnancy, in a case that human rights campaigners have labelled as a stark warning for the United States.

Identified only as “Esme”, the woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for aggravated homicide, the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion said.

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