A young woman in El Salvador who gave birth to a baby in a toilet is facing a second trial for murder after the country’s Supreme Court ordered a retrial. .
Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez says she didn’t know she was pregnant, as a result of rape, however prosecutors accused her of murder after forensic investigators were unable to determine the cause of the baby’s death.
El Salvador aggressively pursues legal cases against women who have experienced miscarriages and obstetric emergencies, with almost 150 women prosecuted for abortion in the country since 2014.