{"id":334903,"date":"2017-07-08T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334903"},"modified":"2017-07-08T17:36:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:36:51","slug":"rape-victim-jailed-for-30-years-because-baby-was-stillborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/rape-victim-jailed-for-30-years-because-baby-was-stillborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape victim jailed for 30 years because baby was stillborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old was locked up in El Salvador because her child died during her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz has been sentenced for \u2018aggravated homicide\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is part of staunchly conservative laws on abortion held by the Central American state.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Cruz was reportedly raped during her pregnancy and only found out she was pregnant after collapsing in a bathroom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"alignnone img-container shareable-item\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-align-none size-full wp-image-6762769\" src=\"https:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/pri_45832316.jpg?w=620&amp;h=413&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Rape victim jailed for 30 years because her baby was stillborn\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-orig-id=\"6762769\" data-orig-w=\"1024\" data-orig-h=\"683\" data-max-width=\"620\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/pri_45832316.jpg?w=620&amp;h=413&amp;crop=1\" data-rewritten=\"true\" data-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Salvadoran women take part in a demonstration to demand the decriminalisation of abortion (Picture: MARVIN RECINOS\/AFP\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She claimed to have been repeatedly raped by a gang member over months when she was 18.<\/p>\n<p>When authorities found the fetus in April 2016, she was charged because she had not sought prenatal care, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The law, which was brought in in 1998, criminalises all forms of abortion and some women can be jailed for 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>UN officials have already pleaded with lawmakers to overturn the strict rules.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty\u2019s Americas Director Erika Guevara-Rosas said the law is \u2018causing nothing but pain and suffering to countless women and girls and their families\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"alignnone img-container shareable-item\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-align-none size-full wp-image-6762775\" src=\"https:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/pri_45832260.jpg?w=620&amp;h=417&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Rape victim jailed for 30 years because her baby was stillborn\" width=\"620\" height=\"417\" data-orig-id=\"6762775\" data-orig-w=\"1024\" data-orig-h=\"689\" data-max-width=\"620\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/pri_45832260.jpg?w=620&amp;h=417&amp;crop=1\" data-rewritten=\"true\" data-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div><figcaption>A pro-choice protester takes to the street (Picture: Jose CABEZAS\/AFP\/GettyImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added: \u2018It goes against human rights and it has no place in the country or anywhere.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, the judge believed the state prosecutor who claimed Ms Cruz had thrown the fetus into a toilet bowl after giving birth.<\/p>\n<p>The mother was also accused by the judge of involvement according to the\u00a0Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Reform of the law is currently in a committee stage of the federal legislature and there is no certainty there will be a vote.<br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Metro UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. 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