Paraguay under fire for forcing Child Rape Victim to have baby
Paraguay under fire for forcing Child Rape Victim to have baby
By Staff Writers, teleSUR
Wednesday, Jun 10, 2015
Paraguay has attracted criticism worldwide since a 10-year-old girl raped by her step father was denied an abortion, despite her life being in serious danger.
A regional court urged the country's authorities to end the pregnancy of a young Paraguayan girl, only 10, emphasizing the psychological and physical risks of giving birth at a young age.
Supporting its statement with a medical report, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States (OEA) recommended the executive power to “avoid the double victimization” of the child, whose pregnancy was due to repeated sexual abuses on the part of her step-father.
While the girl already suffered from malnutrition and anemia, she would also be at higher risk of having other infections and could put at risk her reproductive future.
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