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Re: Church outraged over 9 year old rape victim having abortion -
March 29th 2009, 12:37 AM
UPDATE (sort of...) More Info:
The case has brought to light other instances of young girls being raped and impregnated by family members, especially in the poorer northeastern region.
The number of legal abortions of girls ages 10 to 14 more than doubled last year to 49, up from 22 in 2007, the Ministry of Health reported. That was out of 3,050 legal abortions performed last year in a country of more than 190 million. But the vast majority of Brazil’s abortions are not legal. The Ministry of Health estimates about one million unsafe or clandestine abortions every year.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/wo...l.html?_r=2&hp
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