As you know throughout the history in Latin America Women had strugglings into fitting in society.In this article “El Salvador frees 3 Women imprisoned for abortions” it potrays a report by the president of Salvador on how women who had been in prison,now were able to be free into going home.Many people would question as to why are they now being freed but I believe that the president realized why that decision of abortion was made because they had been in a bad situation with their health.”The three are among at least 17 Salvadoran women who activists consider unjustly convicted and imprisoned following obstetric emergencies and who have been at the center of a campaign against El Salvador’s absolute law against abortions. Many say they suffered miscarriages”,(CBS Interaction 2021).When reading this, it can be seen that these woman not only struggled into getting what is right for them but they also saved there own lives for there health.”Sometimes abortion isn’t voluntary,” Manuela’s oldest son, Thomas, told CBS News in 2019. “My mother was sick.”These poor women need help,” Manuela’s mother said. “I don’t want them to suffer like my daughter did. It’s the youth, the women, who need to fight,”(CBS Interaction 2021).Woman till recently had gotten abortion rights taken away which is why till now we woman dont have rights of our own.Many issues in this law being taken away had a big tole on us.This article can connect to our readings from class because through out the chapters woman from the 19th century in Latin America had also struggled to get there rights.Dealing with politics and gender roles was an issue continuing with woman and still continue’s till now.I hope these rights change for woman because we deserve to also decide on things we believe is right for us.
Works Cited-
“El Salvador frees 3 women imprisoned for abortions”,CBS News,CBS Interactive,https://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-salvador-frees-three-women-prison-abortion-law/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h