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Dear Center supporters,

After suffering an obstetric emergency in 2008, Manuela was unjustly
sentenced to 30 years in prison under El Salvador's severe abortion
ban. Manuela died imprisoned two years later from cancer after
receiving inadequate medical diagnosis and treatment.

In 2012, we filed a case alongside our local partner, la Colectiva
Feminista por el Desarrollo Local, seeking reparations for
Manuela's family and sanctions against El Salvador for not
complying with international obligations. And in March of this year,
we presented oral arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights asking that the Salvadoran State be held responsible for
violating Manuela's human rights.











We're fighting to ensure that no one has to experience such
cruel and unnecessary punishment under laws and policies like those in
El Salvador, but this work is only possible with your support.

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first gift-dollar for dollar, up to $150,000-to make
DOUBLE the impact fighting for people like Manuela.

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We're expecting the Court's decision in the coming weeks, and the
outcome could have far-reaching impacts in Latin America and the
Caribbean.

For more than two decades, El Salvador has criminalized abortion in
all circumstances-even when necessary to save a person's
life-and imposed harsh criminal penalties on both patients and
physicians. The ban has resulted in the imprisonment of hundreds of
people who have suffered pregnancy-related complications and
miscarriages.

According to a report by Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización
del Aborto, between 2000 and 2019 alone, 181 women experienced
obstetric emergencies and then were prosecuted criminally for abortion
or aggravated homicide, which is punishable by up to 50 years in
prison.

Manuela's case will allow the Inter-American Court to create standards
with which states across Latin America and the Caribbean in the
Inter-American System of Human Rights must comply to guarantee the
right to life and health-including those imprisoned.











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reproductive rights ends on December 31, so make a gift of $35 or more
today.






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Sincerely,

Catalina Martínez Coral
Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean











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