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Salvadoran women tell of unjust treatment under abortion law

Journalists cover a press conference by women, from second left, Karen, Evelyn, Kenia and Elsy in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Evelyn folds her hands as she gives a press conference alongside three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Elsy, right, Karen, center, and Evelyn, who did not give last names, enter to give a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are three of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Evelyn folds her hands during a press conference with three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Elsy, who did not provide her last name, gives a press conference alongside three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Kenia, who did not provide her last name, gives a press conference alongside three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Evelyn, who did not provide her last name, gives a press conference alongside three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Karen, who did not provide her last name, gives a press conference alongside three other women in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) From left, Elsy, Kenia, Evelyn and Karen hold a scarf with the face of Manuela, a mother of two children who was arrested in 2008 on charges of provoking an abortion and died in 2010 while in custody, during the press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. They are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) From left, Elsy, Kenia, Evelyn and Karen pose for a photo with Sara Garcia of the Citizen’s Group for the Depenalization of Abortion, far right, during the press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Elsy, Kenia, Evelyn and Karen are four of five women who were were released since Christmas after having served long stretches of 30-year prison sentences for allegedly terminating their pregnancies, in a country that bans abortion under any circumstances. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)