A 19-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in El Salvador after she suffered a stillbirth due to complications during her pregnancy.
Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was convicted of "aggravated homicide" on Wednesday under what Amnesty International called El Salvador's "retrograde anti-abortion law".
Local rights groups say Hernandez Cruz had been raped months before going into labour, but had not told police out of fear. She also said she did not know she was pregnant when she suffered severe abdominal pain and fainted in her bathroom in April 2016.
Hospital staff reported her to officials and she was charged after the body of the feotus was found in a toilet.
Meanwhile, her rapist and father of this child is still free. This is NOT justice. This woman needs to be exonerated and her rapist found and punished.
There was no crime committed here; and, jailing her for losing her baby is only adding insult to injury. She does not deserve this; but, her rapist does. Let HIM do the 30 years.
