The Argentinian media revealed, in the space of two days, the cases of two little girls 10 and 11 year olds pregnant. Both were victims of rapes intrafamilial. The first, aged 11, was admitted to Antonio Scaravelli Regional Hospital in Tunuyan, in the west of the country. Doctors then discovered that she was 25 weeks pregnant, or more than six months. Her stepfather is suspected of having raped her, according to police sources quoted by local media.
Abortion prohibited
48 hours earlier, another 10-year-old girl discovered she was 32 weeks or eight months pregnant. The little girl was complaining about abdominal pain with her mother before being admitted to the Humberto Notti pediatric hospital in Mendoza, in the west of the country. “The minor had not realized that she was pregnant”, explains Alejandro Gullé, attorney general of the Court of Justice of the province on the Television Mendoza channel, as indicated by theAFP. Following the hearing of the little girl, her uncle, suspected of having raped her, was arrested. The 23-year-old man had lived with the little girl’s family for a few months. He will be subjected to genetic tests and could be imprisoned for “aggravated sexual abuse”.
In Argentina, theabortion is considered a crime except in the case of rape or danger to the health of the mother. However, in the case of the second girl, the prosecution did not authorize the abortion, due to the advanced stage of the pregnancy.
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