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Paraguayan rape victim, 14, dies giving birth

Paraguayan rape victim, 14, dies giving birth

The Guardian - "Doctors say baby is stable but relying on breathing machine. Tragic case renews focus on Paraguay’s strict abortion laws. A 14-year-old rape victim has died during childbirth in Paraguay, where abortion is forbidden unless giving birth threatens the life of the mother.

(...)  “It was very sudden. They attempted advanced resuscitation in intensive care, but we could not save her. Her body was not ready for a pregnancy,” Hernán Martínez, the director of the National Hospital of Itauguá, told local media." (Photo: Shobeir Ansari/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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