#  Viterna in the News 

 



*Selected media appearances and contributions to the public press.*

"[Mi segundo acto de resistencia](https://www.elsalvador.com/opinion/editoriales/jocelyn-viterna-resistencia-articulo-bukele-manipulacion-harvard/1220479/2025/)," by Jocelyn Viterna, *elsalvador.com*, 5/21/2025. [English Translation](https://viterna.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/2025-11/Viterna%20English%20Translation%20of%20Mi%20Segundo%20Acto%20de%20Resistencia.pdf).

Research featured in *Green Tide Rising* podcast “[El Salvador – No Exceptions](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0w47PcE4HLI5tdvnIBrXNA?si=hGa_SLMSQnaLuEUMN76QdQ&nd=1&dlsi=93cc06e18261419c).” 9/19/2024

"[What Have We Taught? Harvard Courses Are Academic, Not Ideological](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/5/10/viterna-what-have-we-taught/)," Op Ed by Jocelyn Viterna, *The Harvard Crimson,* 5/10/2024.

*"*[Opinion: The Kate Cox case shows the cruelty of Texas’ abortion law](https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/opinions/kate-cox-texas-abortion-law-el-salvador-viterna)," Editorial by Jocelyn Viterna, *CNN*, 12/18/2023.

"[El placebo de un control prenatal y el ruego de un anencefálo](https://diario.elmundo.sv/opinion/el-placebo-de-un-control-prenatal-y-el-ruego-de-un-anencefalo) (The placebo of a prenatal control and the plea of an anencephalon)," by Guillermo Antonio Ortiz, *Diario El Mundo*, 01/17/2023, editorial featuring Viterna's research.

*"*[How total abortion ban puts maternal health at risk](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/how-total-abortion-ban-puts-maternal-health-at-risk/)," *The Harvard Gazette* article by Nikki Rojas, 01/25/2023.

"[Maternal morbidity under an absolute abortion ban: insights from a 6-year case series of fatal fetal malformations in El Salvador](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826817/),"

"[Abortion Ban Exceptions Cannot Protect Life](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-05/op-ed-abortion-ban-exceptions-cannot-protect-life)," Editorial by Jocelyn Viterna, *Los Angeles Times*, 07/05/2022.

“[An Unreliable 400-year-old Test is Sending Mothers to Prison for Killing their Newborns](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-06-23/newborns-were-found-dead-a-faulty-forensic-test-sent-their-mothers-to-prison),” *Los Angeles Times* article by Leila Miller, 06/23/3022, background and quotes.

“[Salvadoran Women Jailed for Abortion Warn of US Total Ban](https://apnews.com/article/abortion-politics-health-caribbean-religion-8dcebe19ea1d3f20ef288463f4392da4),” by Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski, *Associated Press,* 06/11/2022, background and quotes.

“[The Only Apolitical Way to Move Forward Is to Let the Research Lead](/file_url/220),” *Harvard Magazine* Article by Jocelyn Viterna, 12/4/2019.

“[Freedom for Three Women Jailed for Murder after Suffering Miscarriages](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p072y5j8),” Interview on *Newsday,* BBC World Service Radio, 03/08/2019.

“[They Were Jailed for Miscarriages. Now, Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/americas/el-salvador-abortion.html)” by Elisabeth Malkin, *New York Times,* 04/09/2018, article featuring Viterna's research.

“El Salvador Rejects Appeal in Baby Death Case," *Newsday*, BBC World Service Radio, 12/14/2017, Viterna special guest appearance.

“[El Salvador Court Upholds 30-year Prison Sentence for Woman Whose Baby Died During Childbirth](https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/el-salvador-court-upholds-30-year-prison-sentence-for-woman-whose-baby-died-during-childbirth),” by Andrea Patiño and Patricia Clarembaux," *Univision*, 12/14/2017, background and quotes.

“[Las Otras Beatrices](https://elfaro.net/es/201711/columnas/21140/Las-otras-Beatrices.htm).” Editorial with Natasha Reifenberg, *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper), 11/10/2017.

“[Profesor de Harvard desmiente mitos sobre el aborto terapéutico y rechaza prohibición absoluta,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdveDKB1F_k)” Canal Gentevé (channel 29), San Salvador, El Salvador, 08/29/2017, featuring Viterna's research on abortion access in El Salvador.

“El aborto terapéutico salva la vida de las mujeres.” 92.1. FM. San Salvador, El Salvador, special guest on the hour-long talk show of Radio La Klave, 08/29/2017.

“[The Real Reason El Salvador Jails Women for Stillbirths? It’s Called Moral Panic](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-viterna-el-salvador-abortion-crime-moral-panic-20170730-story.html)," *Los Angeles Times* Editorial by Jocelyn Viterna, 07/30/2017.

“[Miscarriage of justice: Where miscarrying can mean a life in jail](https://www.economist.com/international/2016/12/01/miscarriage-of-justice),” *The Economist*, 12/01/2016, research featured in article by Sarah Esther Maslin.

“[Cerca de 95% de los homicidas en todo el mundo son hombres…¿Por qué las mujeres matan menos?](https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-37433790), (95% of all murderers are men. Why do women kill less?” by Margarita Rodriguez, *BBC Mundo*, 10/20/2016, background and quotes.

“[Innocents: Letter from El Salvador, Where Pregnant Women have More to Fear than Zika](https://harpers.org/archive/2016/10/innocents/),” by Rachel Nolan, *Harper's,* October, 2016, pp 55-68, featuring Viterna's research.

“[La condena de la embarazada pobre](http://www.elfaro.net/es/201607/academico/19046/La-condena-de-la-embarazada-pobre.htm) (The Condemnation of the poor pregnant woman),” by Jocelyn Viterna, *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper), 07/28/2016.

“Women and War in El Salvador.” WPFW 89.3 FM. Washington, DC., 03/02/2016, special guest appearance on the hour-long talk show of the Latino Media Collective.

“[In Latin America, Abortion Rights Stall as LGBT Rights Advance. Why?](https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/in-latin-america-abortion-rights-stall-as-lgbt-rights-advance-why/)” *Americas Quarterly*, 12/07/2015, background and quotes.

“El Paso de Jocelyn Viterna por El Salvador,” *Enfoque Jurídico*, (Salvadoran legal studies journal), 06/05/2015.

“[El Salvador Feminists Fight for Justice](https://againstthecurrent.org/atc176/p4415/).” *Against the Current,* May/June 2015, article featuring Viterna's research.

"[Feminists in El Salvador Continue Fight for Justice for Women Imprisoned for Obstetrical Complications](https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article3929)," *International Viewpoint*, 03/19/2015, reporting about Viterna's research.

[*Abortion and Reproductive Rights in Latin America: Implications for Democracy*](http://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/IAD9794%20Repro%20Rights_web.pdf), Center for Reproductive Rights, March 2015, background and quotes.

"[Why a Woman Who Says She Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Is Serving a 40-Year Sentence for the Death of Her Baby](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a36366/las-17-jocelyn-viterna/)," *Cosmopolitan*, 02/11/2015, profile and interview about Viterna's research in El Salvador.

“A Pardon for Carmen Guadalupe; What will be the Fate of the Other 16?” WPFW 89.3 FM. Washington, DC., 01/30/2015, special guest appearance on the hour-long talk show of the Latino Media Collective.

“[Salvadoran Council Uses Poverty to Justify Keeping ‘Las 17’ in Prison](https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2015/01/07/salvadoran-council-uses-poverty-justify-keeping-las-17-prison/),” *Rewire News Group,* 01/07/2015, article featuring Viterna's research.

"[El abuso de Fortín Magaña contra Las 17](https://www.elfaro.net/es/201501/opinion/16428/El-abuso-de-Fort%C3%ADn-Maga%C3%B1a-contra-las-17.htm) (Fortín Magaña's abuse of Las 17)," *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper), 01/04/2015, article featuring Viterna's research.

“In a Year of Discontent, Social Justice Issues Flare Near and Far into Protests," *Kansas City Star*, 12/20/2014, background and quotes.

“The Criminalization of Reproduction in El Salvador.” WPFW 89.3 FM. Washington, DC., 12/12/2014, special guest on the hour-long talk show of the Latino Media Collective.

"[Principios legales versus discriminación de género. El caso de las 17Feminists in El Salvador Continue Fight for Justice for Women Imprisoned for Obstetrical Complications](https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article3929) (Legal Principles Versus Gender Discrimination: The Case of Las 17")," by Jocelyn Viterna and José Santos Guardado, *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper), 11/17/2014.

Second Tribunal of Conscience/Justice for Women, broadcast live on *La Radio de Todas,* San Salvador, El Salvador, 11/05/2014, expert witness tesitimony.

“[UK Doctor Finds Live Birth Test Flawed in Prosecution of El Salvadoran Women](https://www.the-messenger.com/article_b8dfa22c-5ddc-11e4-b88d-1fe42ec9706b.html)," Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/26/2014, background and quotes.

"[La historia de dos mujeres que participaron en la guerra salvadoreña](http://www.elfaro.net/es/201403/academico/14929/) (The story of two women who participated in the Salvadoran war)," by Jocelyn Viterna, *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper), 03/03/2014.

“[Mujeres en la Guerra: Quienes Ganan, Quienes Pierden](http://www.elfaro.net/es/201402/academico/14850/) (Women in War: Who Wins, Who Loses?),” by Jocelyn Viterna, *El Faro* (Salvadoran newspaper). 2/24/2014.

“[Black Lives Matter, But Will it Last, and Can it Effect Change?](https://video.wgbh.org/video/greater-boston-december-9-2014/),”*Greater Boston* with Emily Rooney, WGBH Public Television, 12/09/2013 special guest appearance.