Ximena Vega reports [es] [1] on the ongoing incarceration of women who go through spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) [2] in Guanajuato [3]; she writes that women who have abortions (spontaneously or otherwise) can get an average of 27 years in jail. This has been going on for years, as an article from Human Rights Watch from 2006 reports [4].
Mexico: Women Sent to Jail in Guanajuato for Spontaneous Abortions
· Written by Silvia Viñas
Categories: Latin America, Mexico, Health, Law, Women & Gender