Freed after 10 years in prison for abortion, woman seeks new footing
LIAMAR RAMOS SARA Rogel, a Salvadoran woman who spent 10 years in prison on charges of violating the Central American country's harsh abortion ban when she terminated her own pregnancy, is trying to get her life back after being released last week. Rogel, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison, was arrested in October 2012 after going to a hospital with bleeding caused by what she said was a fall at home. But she was prosecuted for having an abortion. She was released on June 8 from a jail in Zacatecoluca, 35 miles (56 km) southeast of San Salvador,…
