Evelyn Hernández, a rape survivor, gave birth to a stillborn. She was accused of inducing an abortion and spent 33 months in a prison in El Salvador.
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00:00It's a miracle!
00:02It's a miracle!
00:04We are the New Yorkers!
00:23Thank God He did justice.
00:25All this time has been hard to be in there
00:28to know how they used me for something that I was innocent.
00:32My future is to continue studying and get my goals done.
00:38This freedom and this closure and absolution of Ebenin
00:43would not have been possible if you were not here.
00:47She was pregnant, determined, and gave birth in a uterus.
00:52She had a pretty profound bleeding
00:55and she was in hypovolemic shock.
00:58Immediately after receiving her and seeing the signs that she had given birth
01:02and did not have the product,
01:04the emergency doctor called the police and the prosecution
01:08and the criminal process against her began.
01:11The autopsy of this corpse establishes as cause of death
01:14aspiratory pneumonia.
01:16Therefore, I believe that the prosecution cannot prove
01:20the will to kill or the pain that has existed
01:23by Ebenin to end the life of the newborn.
01:38The prosecution, since April 2016,
01:42has been accusing her of aggravated homicide.
01:45The truth is that births in the uterus are quite frequent,
01:48especially in rural areas,
01:51in poor women with a fairly low educational level.
01:56And yes, the prosecution always typifies it as aggravated homicide.
02:09I really did not know she was pregnant.
02:12I would have expected it with pride and joy.
02:18I am thrilled.
02:27In this country, due to the absolute penalization of abortion,
02:31it is very difficult to assume these lawsuits.
02:34Almost all people are against it, right?
02:37Without knowing the cases, people want women to be condemned.
02:41And I believe that if women's organizations
02:44did not play such a belligerent role
02:46and the media coverage, especially of international media,
02:51the freedom of these women could not be achieved.
03:04I do not stop thanking her because I have always been here.
03:08Yes we can!