Civil Rights
Apr. 23, 2015
Locked up for suffering a miscarriage
Some women who have suffered miscarriages or stillbirths are being sentenced to lengthy prison terms, and are being housed in the most violent, overcrowded El Salvadoran prisons.
Julie L. Kessler
PO Box 1582
Manhattan Beach , CA 90267-1582
Phone: (310) 403-0009
Email: Julie@VagabondLawyer.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Julie is an attorney based in Los Angeles, a freelance writer for several publications, and the author of the award-winning book "Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight." She can be reached at www.VagabondLawyer.com
It is difficult to imagine anything more misogynistic than say, the legal beating of a woman by her husband for the "crime" of insubordination. Or, women who have been raped being unable to testify in court against their rapist(s). This is the case, however, in several Muslim countries adhering to strict interpretations of Sharia law.
But what has been transpiring in El Salvador of late adds a layer of misogyny that may rival, if not exceed, some aspects of Sharia's strict applic...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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