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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sun Mar 3, 2019, 08:16 PM Mar 2019

ARGENTINA: AUTHORITIES DENY 11-YEAR-OLD'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE FORCED PREGNANCY

03/01/2019

Argentine authorities must be held accountable for putting at grave risk the life of an 11-year-old rape survivor carrying a forced pregnancy and divulging confidential medical information, said Amnesty International today.

“When this 11-year-old rape victim entered hospital requesting a legal abortion, the authorities’ number one duty should have been protecting her life and health. Instead, they put up obstacle after obstacle with the sole aim of denying the girl her rights,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International.

“Forcing an 11-year-old girl to have to resort to an emergency cesarean which could have been avoided is a cruel injustice that inflicts such psychological and physical harm on the child it could amount to torture under international law.”

The 11-year-old girl from the province of Tucuman, north-western Argentina, was admitted into hospital in January after it was discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant, bearing the child of her grandmother’s partner who had sexually abused her. Both the girl and her mother promptly requested an abortion, which is legal in Argentina in cases of rape or when the woman or girl’s life is in danger.

More:
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/argentina-authorities-deny-11-year-olds-right-to-terminate-forced-pregnancy/

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ARGENTINA: AUTHORITIES DENY 11-YEAR-OLD'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE FORCED PREGNANCY (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP

What good is the law when the authorities refuse to enforce it? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2019 #1

This upset me so much. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #2

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,636 posts)

1. What good is the law when the authorities refuse to enforce it?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 08:29 PM

Mar 2019

From the article:

However, the authorities repeatedly refused to practice an abortion, using a range of delay tactics, effectively forcing the girl to carry the pregnancy to term against her and her mother’s wishes. They also publicly divulged confidential patient information, including her current health condition and her decision to request access to a legal abortion.

This cannot stand. It is way overdue for such governments to enforce the laws to protect those who have been harmed by such a pregnancy.

I am outraged at this patriarchal government.

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)

2. This upset me so much.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 08:53 PM

Mar 2019

How many times can they victimize her? Obviously, a huge Catholic fact here. The church hates children, especially girls, and women, that's all there is to it.

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