Women in El Salvador celebrate the release of Evelyn Hernández, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a suspected abortion.Salvador Melendez / AP
The voice that conveyed the information to Morena Herrera, from El Salvador, was foreign. âThere are women who have been imprisoned for abortion,â the voice said, âand theyâll stay there for 30 years or more.â Herrera could not believe what she was hearing; under the criminal code, abortion carried a maximum sentence of eight years. Why such long prison terms? Morena Herrera asked the speaker, Donna Ferrato, how she knew about these women. Ferrato had just finished a photo essay for