A Salvadoran woman was freed from prison after serving 10 years of a 30-year aggravated homicide sentence after aborting her stillborn child.
Teodora del Carmen Vasquez, convicted in 2008, insisted her baby was stillborn following health problems, however prosecutors maintain she strangled her child.
Human rights group, Amnesty International praised her release and hopes that Ms Vasquez’ ordeal should trigger law reform in El Salvador, where women who seek abortion may be charged with murder and face up to 50 years behind bars.