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Outlook: I Was Jailed For Losing My Unborn Baby

Christina Quintanilla

18/08/2014

I Was Jailed For Losing My Unborn Baby

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Christina lost her baby at seven months and was jailed for aggravated homicide

Jo Fidgen talks to Christina Quintanilla, a young woman from El Salvador who was jailed for aggravated homicide - after losing her baby seven months into her pregnancy.

Christina Quintanilla is a young woman from El Salvador who was jailed after losing her baby seven months into her pregnancy.  She says she miscarried, but she was sentenced to 30 years in jail for aggravated homicide.  She ended up serving just under four years of her sentence, but tells Jo Fidgen about the effect the death of her unborn baby had on her. 

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Picture:  Salvadoran Christina Quintanilla was sent to prison after losing her unborn baby at seven months.

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