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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChile: 11 girl, Raped, and all abortions are illegal
http://news.yahoo.com/childs-pregnancy-sets-off-chile-abortion-debate-202127106.htmlThe case of a pregnant 11-year old girl who was raped in Chile by her mother's partner has set off a national debate about abortion in one of the most socially-conservative countries in Latin America.
Chileans were outraged on Friday after state TV reported that the girl is 14 weeks pregnant and was raped repeatedly over two years. Police in the remote southern city of Puerto Montt arrested her mother's partner, who confessed to abusing the fifth grader. The case was brought to their attention by the pregnant child's maternal grandmother.
Doctors say the girl's life and that of the fetus are at high risk. But in Chile, ending the pregnancy is not an option.
Chileans were outraged on Friday after state TV reported that the girl is 14 weeks pregnant and was raped repeatedly over two years. Police in the remote southern city of Puerto Montt arrested her mother's partner, who confessed to abusing the fifth grader. The case was brought to their attention by the pregnant child's maternal grandmother.
Doctors say the girl's life and that of the fetus are at high risk. But in Chile, ending the pregnancy is not an option.
This is what happens if Republicans take control in the US - their goal.
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Chile: 11 girl, Raped, and all abortions are illegal (Original Post)
dbackjon
Jul 2013
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Just to be clear, abortion is highly restricted throughout Latin America,
Benton D Struckcheon
Jul 2013
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Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)1. Just to be clear, abortion is highly restricted throughout Latin America,
including those "leftist" bastions Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Nicaragua. Only Cuba has a decent abortion policy. Left or right, the Catholic Church is still a major force in the politics of that continent.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)2. Yup - almost all of them are far less free than the US
But that doesn't stop the America-haters here from going crazy over Bolivia, Ven, etc
Cleita
(75,480 posts)5. This is the main problem, the Church's influence.
Latin Americans really need to separate church from state, once and for all. Well, we do too because it's happening here with all the anti-abortion legislation being passed at the state level.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)3. poor girl. glad the perp was arrested.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)4. This has a lot to do with the Catholic Church's influence in the country.
I hope they can get the girl to some country where she can be taken care of.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)6. Expand that to ALL of South America, other than Uruguay and two of the GUianas