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The legal abortion of a 10-year-old child who was raped by her uncle in the state of Espírito Santo created a battlefield in Brazil. Data are from BBC News Brazil via the National Health Service’s Hospital Information System
Abortion performed legally on a 10-year-old child who was raped in Espírito Santo became a battlefield in Brazil After judicial authorization, the girl was taken to another state on Sunday (16/08) to terminate the pregnancy.
She reported that she had been sexually abused by her uncle since she was 6 and that she didn’t tell others because he threatened her. The child’s uncle is at large.
Although the case became the backdrop of an ideological fight and has been treated as something unprecedented, official data reveal that there are, on average, six daily hospitalizations for abortions involving girls aged 10 to 14 who became pregnant after being raped.
Read more in Folha de S.Paulo
