El Salvador's total ban on abortion has led to women whose pregnancies ended without their fault getting lengthy prison terms.
In July 2007, in the final weeks of her pregnancy, she gave birth to her daughter at home after calling an ambulance and experiencing severe pain.
"We are outside the jail, but being outside we encounter other barriers, we find new discrimination and I think it is even worse."We continue to be criminalised and have criminal records which means we can't get a proper job.A jail in El Salvador where women sentenced to life for abortion live and workIn a country where women are treated worse than second-class citizens, women whose pregnancy ends without a live birth face being imprisoned, according to NGOs.
Amnesty and a human rights group called Agrupacion Ciudadana identified more than 150 women charged as a result of having abortions or miscarriages in El Salvador between 2000 and early 2014 - with dozens ending up with a murder sentence.
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