A young El Salvador woman acquitted of homicide charges after authorities accused her of having an abortion says she feels like her life has been returned to her.

Evelyn Beatriz Hernández says she hopes to return to school and study computing and English. The now-21-year-old woman was 18 and about to finish high school when she was imprisoned.

Hernández is also urging President Nayib Bukele to decriminalize abortion in the deeply religious country where the procedure is illegal in all cases.

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, arrives at the offices of Colectivo Feminista to speak to journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, arrives at the offices of Colectivo Feminista to speak to journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)

She called on Bukele on Wednesday to intervene in favor of women who are prosecuted and imprisoned after suffering miscarriages.

Hernández says she didn't even know she was pregnant when she had a miscarriage. Prosecutors didn't believe that and charged her with murder.

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, poses for pictures as she meets with journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, at the offices of Colectivo Feminista in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, poses for pictures as she meets with journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, at the offices of Colectivo Feminista in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)

 Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, smiles as she answers questions from journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, at the offices of Colectivo Feminista in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, smiles as she answers questions from journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, at the offices of Colectivo Feminista in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday "Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life." (AP PhotoSalvador Melendez)