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55 Members of Congress Call on Secretary of State John Kerry to Review Cases of Salvadoran Women Wrongfully Imprisoned for Pregnancy Complications

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. Today Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Norma J. Torres delivered a letter from 55 Member of Congress calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to look into the human rights violations of women in El Salvador.

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The congressional letter details the cases of “Las 17,” women in El Salvador who suffered obstetric emergencies and were wrongly accused of having an abortion and later convicted for homicide under the…

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