From Miscarriage to Murder: How El Salvador’s Women Are Fighting Their Country’s Draconian Abortion Laws

El Salvador has some of the most draconian abortion laws in the world, so much so that miscarriages and stillbirths land women in jail. Macon and Walter ask El Salvador human rights activists how they have been fighting to change El Salvador's Handmaid's Tales abortion laws. Who are the 17 women they are trying to free from prison? Why is now the moment for the international community to put its #EyesOnElSalvador? And what can policymakers, celebrities, and everyday Americans do to help? 

Guests in this episode include: 

Sara García Gross, Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del AbortoMorena Herrera, Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del AbortoPaula Avila-Guillen, Women's Equality CenterDaniela Martins, Women's Equality Center

To raise awareness about this issue, and to help free 17 women who remain in prison, please share the hashtags #EyesOnElSalvador, #FreeSara, and #LibertadParaSara. 

For additional reading about this issue and the women's movement, please check out these links: 

Las17.org (Spanish language website)A woman lost her pregnancy but was jailed for abortion. She later died. (NBC News)The abortion cases that could force El Salvador to loosen its ban (Al Jazeera)The Women Imprisoned For Miscarriage in the Strictest Anti-Abortion Country On Earth (Jezebel)El Salvador abortion laws on trial in case of woman jailed after miscarriage (Gaurdian)

Thank you to Quentin Perrot for his help producing this episode.