Shanti, a mother of three, was four-months pregnant when she took medication to cure a migraine. She recognized instantly that something had gone wrong. With her husband at work and her children at school, Shanti found herself alone; drenched in blood, she enlisted the help of her landlady who brought her to the hospital. What Shanti did not realize was that the landlady had also reported her to the police — as owner of the property, she was required to under law. Shanti was arrested on her sickbed under suspicion of inducing an abortion and was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Finally freed after reform of the abortion law, Shanti said, “I thought I was going to rot in jail. I never thought I would be released.”