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Abortion was made illegal in El Salvador in all circumstances in 1997. March 15 2021 857am EDT. They Were Jailed For Miscarriages Now Campaign Aims To End Abortion Ban The New York Times Five of the seven nations are located in Latin America but there are circumstances in El Salvador that often make it the focus of abortion debates. El salvador abortion . El Salvadors supreme court has freed three women jailed for 30 years after being accused of aborting their babies. This was reinforced two years later by a Constitutional amendment declaring that life begins at conception. Unlike in many other Latin American countries El Salvador does not permit abortion in cases where the child is conceived by rape or incest or where the health of the mother or child is at risk. 2 And to add further insult to injury in most cases provisional detention is. Abortion is totally banned in all circumstances and harsh prison sentences befall those accused of terminating a pregnancy. The aborti