What Happened to Belen: ­The Unjust Imprisonment ­That Sparked a Women's ­Rights Movement Author: Ana Elena Correa ISBN: 9780063316737

The heartbreaking true story of an Argentinian woman imprisoned for having a miscarriage—an injustice that galvanized a feminist movement and became a global rallying cry in the fight for reproductive rights.

In 2014, Belen, a twenty-five-year-old woman living in rural Argentina, went to the hospital for a stomachache—and soon found herself in prison. While at the hospital she had a miscarriage—without knowing she was pregnant. Because of the nation’s repressive laws surrounding abortion and reproductive rights, the doctors were forced to report her to the authorities. Despite her protestations, Belen was convicted and sentenced to two years for homicide.

Belen’s imprisonment is a glaring example of how women’s health care has become increasingly criminalized, putting the most vulnerable—BIPOC, rural, and low-income—women at greater risk of prosecution. Belen’s cause became the centerpiece of a movement to achieve greater protections for all women. After two failed attempts to clear her name, Belen met

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