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Omaha Steve

(99,069 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:07 PM Jun 2015

Police: 5 relatives arrested after teen beaten to abort baby

Source: AP

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police say five family members have been arrested after a teenage girl said she was raped and impregnated by a relative three years ago and beaten to induce an abortion.

Four relatives have been arrested on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and police said at a news conference Wednesday a fifth has been arrested on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Police say the girl was 14 in August 2012, and was beaten in early 2013. She's 16 now.

FULL short story at link.


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/59643a94d3fb421e9094aac8a8ee976e/police-5-relatives-arrested-after-teen-beaten-abort-baby

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Police: 5 relatives arrested after teen beaten to abort baby (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP
(Pre click prediction) Texas, by any chance? rocktivity Jun 2015 #1
um ~ Dallas In_The_Wind Jun 2015 #3
Keep it in the family just got f.u.b.a.r.'ed d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #2
Just sickening ... SomeGuyInEagan Jun 2015 #4
I hope the teen can recover from this trauma. In_The_Wind Jun 2015 #5
Unexpected consquences of anti-abortion law? Geez, who would have guessed Stargazer99 Jun 2015 #6
She could have gotten a legal abortion in Dallas hack89 Jun 2015 #7
What anti-abotrtion law ? virgogal Jun 2015 #8
Written parental permission, 2 visits at least 24 hours apart, ultrasound more than 24 hours before uppityperson Jun 2015 #14
Thanks for that info. virgogal Jun 2015 #19
Sadly, this was a consequence of living in an incestuous family Warpy Jun 2015 #10
Perhaps she wanted to keep the child? FrodosPet Jun 2015 #15
I'll be willing to bet serious money. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2015 #9
People in such families live in terror you can't imagine Warpy Jun 2015 #11
More on the family here Bacchus4.0 Jun 2015 #13
Sick. SoapBox Jun 2015 #12
I saw this earlier on Yahoo romanic Jun 2015 #16
There are monsters among us FrodosPet Jun 2015 #17
Horrifying. truthisfreedom Jun 2015 #18

Stargazer99

(2,538 posts)
6. Unexpected consquences of anti-abortion law? Geez, who would have guessed
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:23 PM
Jun 2015

Think of the untold damage this girl must go through and of course Texas can't pay for her shrink that she will need to function

hack89

(39,171 posts)
7. She could have gotten a legal abortion in Dallas
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:38 PM
Jun 2015

I think the bigger issue was the family trying to hide the rape.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
14. Written parental permission, 2 visits at least 24 hours apart, ultrasound more than 24 hours before
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 07:15 PM
Jun 2015

the abortion (not immediately prior which is medically sound practice, but 24+ hrs prior).

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-center-for-choice/texas-abortion-laws

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The restrictions have forced us for now tostop offering medication abortion while we determine our next steps.
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As of October 1st, 2011, state law now requires all women seeking an abortion to have at least 2 visits to the abortion facility.

In the summer of 2011, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that requires women to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before she has an abortion. Planned Parenthood always puts women’s health first and we fought against this law because there is no medical reason for requiring women to come 24 hours in advance. Ultrasounds have been a standard part of abortion services and are always performed on every patient before any type of procedure is done.
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In addition to the 2011 law requiring an ultrasound at least 24 hours prior to an abortion, the state passed a law titled "Women's Right To Know Act" that requires physicians to give women seeking abortions state-mandated information about medical risks, adoption alternatives, and developmental stages of the fetus. This information must be provided 24 hours in advance of the abortion procedure during the first visit when the woman receives her required ultrasound.
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Yes. In Texas and Louisiana, state law requires that the parent or legal guardian provide written permission for unmarried teens (under the age of 18) to have an abortion. There are a few exceptions: (clip)


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/02/08/10355099-texas-begins-enforcing-strict-anti-abortion-sonogram-law?lite

Warpy

(110,907 posts)
10. Sadly, this was a consequence of living in an incestuous family
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 03:17 PM
Jun 2015

more than abortion restriction. Any clinic counselor would have seen her alone and the family was clearly afraid she'd talk. Yet, they didn't want the baby to be born so they assaulted her to within an inch of her life.

She is very lucky to have survived such treatment.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
15. Perhaps she wanted to keep the child?
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 12:35 AM
Jun 2015

In such a case, should her parents or guardians have the right to force her to have a legal abortion to avoid the embarrassment and possible legal repercussions?

I say no. HER body, HER choice, even if that choice is carrying a child conceived in incestous rape to term against everyone else's desire. Obviously it is all conjecture at this point. I really hope the poor young lady finds peace, healing, and comfort.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,048 posts)
9. I'll be willing to bet serious money.
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:44 PM
Jun 2015

This "family" was on the front line of every anti-abortion protest in Dallas. I hope she's getting the counseling she needs. And seriously, someone witnessed this and waited until it was over to try and get her help?

Warpy

(110,907 posts)
11. People in such families live in terror you can't imagine
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 03:20 PM
Jun 2015

especially if they are female, as the person who finally turned the family in is.

Her bravery in this blows me away.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
16. I saw this earlier on Yahoo
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 02:25 AM
Jun 2015

I read the first paragraph on this and had to stop because it was so sick that it nearly made me hurl. The horror this girl must have been through to not only be raped by a relative, but to actually be beaten to the point of a stillborn birth. jfc

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