An argentine 11-year-old girl, which local media have dubbed the ‘Lucía’, was raped by his grandmother’s husband, after which she became pregnant.
Now the girl was born. She was denied abortion.
The typing of several international media, including the argentine TN.com, Infobae.com as well as the british The Guardian.
There are many demonstrations in Argentina, where women and men are fighting for the freedom of abortion. Photo: Martin Bernetti/Ritzau Scanpix
Lucía is the youngest in a family of three. The children were entrusted to their grandmother in 2015, after their mother’s male partner had been violent towards them.
But it should prove to be much worse.
Bedstemorens 65-year-old man raped 11-year-old Lucía.
Lucía discovered that she was pregnant 23. January in his hometown, which is located in the northern argentinean, the region of Tucumán. A week after she was hospitalized at the Eva Perón hospital in the town of San Miguel de Tucumán. Lucía had done damage to himself and had tried to commit suicide.
Abortion has been illegal in Argentina since 1921, but in the case of rape or birth can have lethal consequences for the woman, there may be an exception.
The local authorities have, according to activists and Lucías mother passed Lucías desire abortion. It ended up that she had to be pregnant in 23 weeks, which made an abortion. the
Lucía had allegedly told his psychologist in the hospital that ‘she would have removed what the evil man had put inside her’.
the Region’s environmental manager, Gustavo Vigliocco, insisted, however, that Lucía did not want an abortion, but to keep the child.
– I have been in close contact with the girl and her mother. She want to continue the pregnancy. We have considered all the risks. She is ruggedly built and weighs over 50 pounds, says sundhedschefen to the media.
The 11-year-old girl was on Tuesday carried out a caesarean section. She was still only 23 weeks along.
According to the argentine media weighed the newborn baby only 600 grams and has 40 percent chance to survive.
Cecilia Ousset, who was the doctor, who stood for kejsersnittet, was horrified by what the little girl had undergone.
– We have saved a girl’s life, who was tortured by our health care system in many months, she says to the media.
the Doctor also believes that the region’s governor, Juan Manzur, has used Lucías case to promote his political reputation.
According to Cecilia Ousset is Lucía in good standing, but she doesn’t expect that the baby will survive.
Kvinderettighedsbevægelser in Argentina rages over the story of Lucía.
They believe that Lucía is a defenceless and innocent human being, who is trapped in an evil system.
