Sara Rogel, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a suspected abortion, is embraced by her mother as she is released from jail in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A Salvadoran woman who had served nearly a third of her 30-year prison sentence on charges of terminating her pregnancy and violating El Salvador's harsh abortion ban was released on Monday, activists said.
Sara Rogel was arrested in October 2012 after going to a hospital with bleeding injuries caused by what she said was a fall while carrying out chores at home. Then a 22-year-old student, Rogel was prosecuted and sentenced for killing her unborn daughter.
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