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Coverage dated June 9, 2022

Salvadoran women jailed for abortion warn US of total ban

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El Salvador has one of the world’s strictest abortion laws, banning the procedure in all circumstances including cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation and risk to a pregnant woman's life.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Salvadoran women jailed for abortion warn US of total ban (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    El Salvador has one of the world’s strictest abortion laws, banning the procedure in all circumstances including cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation and risk to a pregnant woman's life.

  2. MyNorthwest

    In their words: Salvadoran women jailed under abortion ban (opens MyNorthwest)

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    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Since the late 1990s, El Salvador has had a complete ban on abortion including in cases of rape, incest, fetal

  3. NBC News

    Salvadoran women, jailed for decades for miscarriages, stillbirths, warn the U.S. about abortion bans (opens NBC News)

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    “This is the reality that we have lived, and I am not alone,” said Teodora del Carmen Vásquez, who ended up serving more than 10 years for what she always insisted was a stillbirth.

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