Argentina court rules 14-year-old rape victim can have abortion
Source: Agence France-Presse
Argentina court rules 14-year-old rape victim can have abortion
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, December 27, 2013 16:13 EST
A court in Argentina ruled Friday that a 14-year old rape victim could have an abortion, overturning a lower court decision barring the girl from seeking the procedure which had triggered outrage.
The teenage girl discovered early last month that she was pregnant after being raped by her mothers partner.
The teen and her mother, who live in the city of Salta, one of the most conservative in Argentina, sought an abortion at an area hospital.
But a family court judge in a December 17 ruling denied her petition to terminate her pregnancy, instead ordering the girl to give birth and surrender the baby for adoption.
The lower court decision had provoked an outcry by womens groups which maintained that the judge had exceeded his authority.
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iandhr
(6,852 posts)"legal same-sex marriage and transgender rights recognition abortion is still a social taboo."
Usually gay bashers and anti-choice people go together.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)anti-abortion laws abound while legal same sex and transgender rights go forward...I can't understand that
Omaha Steve
(99,639 posts)K&R!
alp227
(32,025 posts)And if she was really raped her reproductive organs would've shut down!
It sucks we've got mainstream right wingers like Akin and Santorum who believe that shit.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)I just saw a report about abortion in El Salvador. They send women to jail for murder for it there.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)The Sandinistas in Nicaragua?
The FMLN in El Salvador?
Anybody?