11 minutes agoTerrible: A 10-year-old girl was raped by her relative and pregnant (Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)A 10-year-old girl who got pregnant has been denied abortion by the Supreme Court after reporting the Indian media. The BBC reporter travelled to the northern town of Chandigarth to report her story. We've seen many cases of teenage pregnancies between 14 and 15 years of age, but this is the case of [...]
“We have seen many cases of teenage pregnancies between 14-15 years of age, but this is the first time I've seen from a 10-x1>, Mahavir Singh, from the City of Chandigarh Legal Services Authority, said.
Singh has been involved in this case where he shocked the city of Chandigarh and all of India, the pregnancy of 10 years old after she was allegedly repeatedly raped by a relative, “reported. BBC”, report Periscope.
The rapist is already in prison awaiting trial.
The girl in question has been described as a happy and always smiling child. She's shy and not very talkative.
English and mathematics are the favorite subject of a girl in sixth grade.
But on July 28, the Supreme Court of India has rejected a petition presented in her name to allow her to have an abortion, reasoning that she was far from pregnant.
A panel of doctors had advised the court that an abortion at this stage would be very dangerous for the girl and that the fetus is currently in good condition.
The court order was a great disappointment to the girl's family./Periscopi/
