An El Salvador teen was sent to prison for miscarrying while working as a housekeeper for a well-heeled Salvadoran family, Fusion reported.

Congress will vote on a resolution to pardon Guadalupe of her prison sentence and she has already served eight years.

"Guadalupe could be released from jail as early as next week," Salvadoran feminist leader and former FMLN guerrilla fighter Morena Herrera told Fusion.

"This represents new hope for us. Now we're going to have to fight to get pardons for the others on a case by case basis."

Her pardon would be a major victory for Central America's feminist movement.

The 18-year-old Guadalupe had complications with her second pregnancy which caused her to be rushed to a public health clinic, San Bartolo National Hospital.

When her complications lead to a miscarriage, doctors at the health clinic called the police who then arrested the teen on suspicion of murder because all forms of abortion in El Salvador are illegal.

Guadalupe was interrogated in her hospital bed without a lawyer present and then sentenced to 30 years in jail to be labeled as a convicted murderer.

Dozens of Salvadorian women who are mostly young and poor are behind bars for homicide because of their illegal abortions. The country has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world.

There are 17 women that feminist groups are currently fighting for. The group of young women is known as "The 17."

All of the women in the group are serving sentences of 12 to 40 years. Other women like them are continuing to appeal their cases. Most are teens, while the oldest is 29.

Their story sparked the #Las17 campaign where feminist groups are fighting for their freedom. All women of "The 17" have one last option of being free by appealing for a political pardon.