Tag: obstetrical emergencies

  • Nation & World

    Mothers of stillborns face prison in El Salvador

    Shortly after passing a total abortion ban in 1997, El Salvador became the first Latin American nation to incarcerate women who suffered stillbirths and other obstetrical emergencies for the crime of homicide. Sociologist Jocelyn Viterna analyzes the cultural dynamics that transformed a “pro-life” movement into a political system that revoked women’s rights.

    8 minutes
    The resident of this house was sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated homicide after she miscarried