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History of Feminism

shenmue

(38,537 posts) Thu Aug 13, 2015, 10:10 PM Aug 2015

Paraguay: 11-year-old gives birth

BBC story here

From the article:

Paraguay, a predominantly Roman Catholic nation, only allows abortion when the mother's health is in danger.

Earlier this year, the health ministry said that was not so in this case and rejected a request for an abortion.

The girl, who has not been named for her own protection, was raped when she was 10 years old, officials say.