María Teresa Rivera

Maria Teresa Rivera is a woman human rights defender, working an abortion rights, from El Salvador. She was sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated homicide in 2011 after having a miscarriage. She served 4 and a half years of her sentence before being released. In March 2017, Rivera and her 12-year-old son were given asylum by the Swedish Migration Agency in fear that a prosecutor's appeal of the decision to release her might lead to her returning to prison.

There has been a blanket ban on abortion in El Salvador since 1998. Five other Latin American countries have similar bans: Chile, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Suriname.

She is now advocating for Sexual Reproductive Rights (SRR Rights) in EI Salvador while in Sweden, with Amnesty Sweden and others. Provided by Wikipedia