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Related: About this forumGirl, 11, gives birth to rapist's child after Argentina refuses abortion
Source: The Guardian
Girl, 11, gives birth to rapist's child after Argentina refuses abortion
Campaigners condemn authorities who ignored girls plea to remove what the old man put inside me
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Thu 28 Feb 2019 14.28 GMT
An 11-year old girl who became pregnant after being raped was forced to give birth after Argentine authorities refused to allow her the abortion to which she was entitled.
The authorities ignored repeated requests for an abortion from the child, called Lucía to protect her identity, as well as her mother and a number of Argentine womens right activists. After 23 weeks of pregnancy, she had to undergo a caesarean section on Tuesday. The baby is unlikely to survive.
The move has been described as the worst kind of cruelty for this child and has been blamed on an anti-choice strategy in the country to force girls to carry their pregnancies to term.
Lucía told the psychologist at the hospital to which she was admitted after two suicide attempts: I want you to remove what the old man put inside me.
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Campaigners condemn authorities who ignored girls plea to remove what the old man put inside me
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Thu 28 Feb 2019 14.28 GMT
An 11-year old girl who became pregnant after being raped was forced to give birth after Argentine authorities refused to allow her the abortion to which she was entitled.
The authorities ignored repeated requests for an abortion from the child, called Lucía to protect her identity, as well as her mother and a number of Argentine womens right activists. After 23 weeks of pregnancy, she had to undergo a caesarean section on Tuesday. The baby is unlikely to survive.
The move has been described as the worst kind of cruelty for this child and has been blamed on an anti-choice strategy in the country to force girls to carry their pregnancies to term.
Lucía told the psychologist at the hospital to which she was admitted after two suicide attempts: I want you to remove what the old man put inside me.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/28/girl-11-gives-birth-to-rapists-child-after-argentina-refuses-abortion
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Girl, 11, gives birth to rapist's child after Argentina refuses abortion (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2019
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niyad
(119,909 posts)1. may the fucking monsters who forced this on this poor child rot in hell.
Pachamama
(17,013 posts)2. Two children's lives destroyed by this sick rapist
And a Government and Church that doesnt give a fuck about them.
I want to know what has happened to the rapist and know what the Government and Church did to him....
Bettie
(17,085 posts)3. Poor little girl
Only monsters would make her go through this.
procon
(15,805 posts)4. The State's association with primitive, patriarchal, authoritarian
religious taboos, added a cruel and unnecessary, lifelong punishment to this child victim of rape. The War on Women is written in laws that exalt the viewpoints of men and enshrine their domination over women and other lesser beings.
There is no excuse for the ethically impotent State officials who victimized this child a second time by sentencing her to endure a forced pregnancy to soothe religious angst.