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Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Salvadoran woman freed from prison nearly 10 years after abortion accusation

Sara Rogel was charged with violating El Salvador’s extreme ban on ending pregnancies

A Salvadoran woman has been released from prison after serving nearly a third of her 30-year sentence on charges of terminating her pregnancy and violating El Salvador’s harsh abortion ban.

Sara Rogel was arrested in October 2012 after going to a hospital with bleeding injuries caused by what she said was a fall while carrying out chores at home. Then a 22-year-old student, Rogel was prosecuted and sentenced for killing her unborn daughter.

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