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10-year-old Mexican girl has given birth to a baby boy after a 31-week
pregnancy.
Reports claim that the premature infant, which weighed 3.3 pounds, was born by Caesarian section at the Women’s Hospital in the city of Puebla and is in the intensive care unit recovering from pneumonia.
Reports claim that the premature infant, which weighed 3.3 pounds, was born by Caesarian section at the Women’s Hospital in the city of Puebla and is in the intensive care unit recovering from pneumonia.
Hospital officials said the
newborn is in a good condition considering his premature birth and the mother
is recovering well.
The young mother, who is from the nearby San Francisco Totimehuacan community, has returned home after the procedure but visits the baby every day to breastfeed, officials said.
The Puebla state Attorney General’s Office is now investigating whether the girl could have been molested and who the father is, the hospital’s director Rogelio Gonzalez was quoted as saying.
Mexican state laws say young moms are unable to have abortions unless a girl can prove she was the victim of intimate assault.
The state’s minimum age of consent is 12 and women who undergo abortions in Puebla face a fine or prison sentence if they are unable to prove they were sexually abused.
The young mother, who is from the nearby San Francisco Totimehuacan community, has returned home after the procedure but visits the baby every day to breastfeed, officials said.
The Puebla state Attorney General’s Office is now investigating whether the girl could have been molested and who the father is, the hospital’s director Rogelio Gonzalez was quoted as saying.
Mexican state laws say young moms are unable to have abortions unless a girl can prove she was the victim of intimate assault.
The state’s minimum age of consent is 12 and women who undergo abortions in Puebla face a fine or prison sentence if they are unable to prove they were sexually abused.
This is not the first case of a
shockingly young girl giving birth in Mexico.
In August last year, 11-year-old Amalia had a child two weeks premature after she was denied an abortion by the local Justice Department during the fourth month of pregnancy.
She was molested repeatedly by her stepfather when she was 10 years old, but local laws do not allow terminations after three months.
In August last year, 11-year-old Amalia had a child two weeks premature after she was denied an abortion by the local Justice Department during the fourth month of pregnancy.
She was molested repeatedly by her stepfather when she was 10 years old, but local laws do not allow terminations after three months.