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Showing Original Post only (View all)No Pardon - Young Woman To Serve 30 Years For Miscarriage [View all]
With some stories, I'm not sure where to begin, because the news has me stunned and almost speechless. I want to turn away, block it out and find something happy to do, or something else to think about, or write about. But I can't. And so I will begin exactly where I am in my head right now.
Last week, a young woman in El Salvador who goes by the alias name of 'Guadalupe,' had very high hopes, and was all but assured she would receive a pardon from her 30-year sentence. She had already served seven years, starting in her teens. Her alleged crime? Fetal homicide. She miscarried, and was charged with murder.
Her pardon didn't come. Guadalupe's freedom was one vote short. Her fate was determined by a Right-Wing congressional majority of 43-42. I can't write about something like this and not feel like I've been punched in the stomach again and again. Guadalupe represents every woman. This is what happens when abortion is illegal. El Salvador is known to be one of the worst countries in the world for women's reproductive rights.
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Sadly, we can't say here in America, this would never happen to us, because it's happening.
Currently, at least 38 states have fetal homicide laws. The states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. At least 23 states have fetal homicide laws that apply to the earliest stages of pregnancy ("any state of gestation," "conception," "fertilization" or "post-fertilization" . Read more at NCSL.
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It's in Asia too, sorry to say. Men dominate, intimidate and control women & children. From close
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
#99
My wife and I have a large family...but we also had some very unfortunate miscarriages...
Moostache
Jan 2015
#83
Same. I read this story a few days ago and it has haunted me. Literally sick over this.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#98
El Salvador Is The Model For US The GOP & Its Allies Have In Mind. I.E. Fundy Christians.
TheMastersNemesis
Jan 2015
#9
That's so Evangelical of El Salvador. And EXACTLY what Evangelicals hope to bring to the U.S.
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2015
#15
If I had my way all Salvadorian officials would be oredered to leave the US in 48 hours.
47of74
Jan 2015
#17
You should start a new thread for this in the morning, and ask everyone to k&r it.
Liberty Belle
Jan 2015
#61
petition signed. please consider giving this its own thread for visibility. nt
magical thyme
Jan 2015
#81
Hatred and abuse of women is worse than I've ever seen in the US. It's a shock from the
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
#19
Anybody that speaks Spanish would have to be appalled at the laws of El Salvador.
BlueJazz
Jan 2015
#23
This is an important and horrific story. Many religious are eeking towards this here.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2015
#26
Respect for their beliefs, cultural differences, warmongering imperialist racism,
LadyHawkAZ
Jan 2015
#92
Here's the ultimate irony - the FUCKING ASSHOLES in this country who scream
bullwinkle428
Jan 2015
#33
Well, they're unquestionably not against religious law governing a country,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#97
"The State Where Giving Birth Can Be Criminal" (Tennessee), The Nation, 12/29/14
progree
Jan 2015
#58
I understand, and I wanted to give additional perspective as to why it and others are still wrong.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2015
#75
Anyone see article: 300,000 INDIGENOUS WOMEN STERILIZED IN PERU IN 1990s?
appalachiablue
Jan 2015
#102