The case of Lesli Ramírez divides Salvadoran public opinion. The young woman imprisoned has the support of feminist groups from all over the Central American country.
The El Salvador judge sentenced a 23-year-old girl, identified as Lesli, to 50 years in prison after suffering a obstetric emergency, as reported. The woman was initially prosecuted for abortion and now she has been convicted of aggravated murder, for the events that occurred in 2018, when she was 19.
Activist Morena Herrera, president of the Citizen Group for the Depenalization of Abortion in El Salvador, explained to the EFE agency that the young woman was prosecuted at the San Miguel (east) court for aggravated homicide offensecharge for which he was convicted on June 29.
He indicated that the judicial process against Lesli has been filed “wrong processes” because the judge of the case – whose name was not provided – “did not admit defense reports, a socio-economic study by the Institute of Forensic Medicine and a psychological study in which a psychiatric analysis was recommended”.
A woman participates in a demonstration on the occasion of the upcoming celebration of International Women’s Day, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on March 6, 2022. The feminist collective supports the young condemned woman,
The Public Prosecutor reported that the sentence a Leslie Ramirez It was based on the evidence presented at trial by the prosecutors in the case and the forensic opinion that determined the cause of the child’s death. “throat cut from blunt type wound produced with a knife “.
It often happens in El Salvador that women who experience complications during pregnancy leading to miscarriages and stillbirths they are usually suspected of having an abortionprohibited in any case and are prosecuted on charges of aggravated murder.
“The sentence is an example of judicial cruelty against women, young, impoverished and who have no way to defend themselves. It’s an injustice, ”Herrera said.
He added it an appeal will be made against the sentencewhich maximum penalty “to which a woman can be sentenced” after suffering an obstetric emergency in El Salvador.
Nucleated Salvadoran women and feminist groups support the flaws in the trial that led to a harsh condemnation of Lesli Ramírez.
According to the information provided by the Citizen Groupnon-governmental organization that promotes the decriminalization of abortion in the Central American country, Leslie was 19. when she suffered an obstetric emergency in June 2020 at her home.
The young man “seemed to defecate and without knowing it, the travails began, she went to the latrine and at that moment she had a hasty labor expelling the unborn child, “explained the source, adding that” the neighbors called the police and Lesli was taken to the hospital where she was. handcuffed and held “.
The Central American country is far from legalizing abortion, since, on the one hand, President Nayib Bukele has reaffirmed his opposite position and, on the other hand, the Legislative Assembly, with a large pro-government majority, shows no signs of promoting, analyzing and approving the legislation on the matter. EFE
Source: Clarin
