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Sara García Gross

HRD, Coordinator of Political Advocacy
Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto Terapéutico, Ético y Eugenésico
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Sara García Gross is an activist, feminist and human rights defender. She has a degree in Psychology from the “José Simeón Cañas” Central American University and has a specialization in gender from the National Autonomous University of México.

She is the Coordinator of Political Advocacy for Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto Terapéutico, Ético y Eugenésico. She is also a host of the radio program “Del Hospital a la Cárcel”, which deals with sexual and reproductive rights issues.

El Salvador

Abortion is criminalised in El Salvador and, unlike in many other countries where this is the case, the law is enforced. HRDs campaigning for the release of women imprisoned on suspicion of abortion have been subjected to threats and intimidation.