An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her stepdad’s father is pregnant and the family insists on keeping the baby.
The victim, along with her 15-year-old sister, had been living with their step-grandfather father since February as their parents were working in La Paz.
The family got to know about it after she told her cousin that she felt strange movements in her belly. Her cousin then told her mother who happened to be the girl’s aunt. Following the occurrence, she had to file a police complaint.
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Initially, the family decided to abort the pregnancy but have since changed their minds, giving written consent over the weekend for the pregnancy to continue.
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Giovanni Cabello, the family’s lawyer, said;
“This was a decision expressed in the morning and it is inserted in the medical history so that the maternity ward and all its team are proceeding according to the will expressed by the family.”
“The victim is in adequate condition, she is calm”. She added
CEO of Bolivian charity Women’s House, Ana Paola García, told local media that the girl “does not want to be a mother” and she already has been given the first dose of abortion medication.
“What is being done with this creature is a crime,” she said
“It is not possible for us to force an 11-year-old girl to be in a nine-month gestation process, that is torture.”
Doctors and judicial authorities have reportedly advised that the pregnancy should be terminated, with her being so young and it has been as a result of rape.
Abortion is legal in Bolivia when rape or incest is involved.
Bolivian minister, Eduardo del Castillo has called for the girl to be psychologically evaluated to know if the pregnancy can continue.
“Imagine an 11-year-old girl who has to see her son or daughter as a result of rape every day,” he said.
“We cannot tolerate this type of behavior within our country and we cannot destroy the life of an 11-year-old girl.”
