Paraguay's government has failed to protect a 10-year-old rape victim who is being denied an abortion, United Nations human rights experts said on Monday.
In a statement released in Geneva, the four experts said Paraguay has refused to provide treatment to save the life of the girl, who is five months pregnant, "including safe and therapeutic abortion in a timely manner."
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| Gilberto Benitez Zarate is accused of raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter. |
The case has set off a national debate in Paraguay where abortion is banned in all cases — even rape — except when the mother's life is in danger.
"The Paraguayan authorities' decision results in grave violations of the rights to life, to health, and to the physical and mental integrity of the girl as well as her right to education, jeopardizing her economic and social opportunities," the experts said.
The World Health Organization says such child pregnancies can be dangerous, potentially leading to complications and death.
The girl's stepfather, who is accused of raping her, was arrested over the weekend and placed in isolation to prevent other inmates from attacking him. The girl's mother is being held at a female prison for neglecting to take care of her daughter.
Amnesty International has asked authorities to allow an abortion to protect the girl.
Health Minister Antonio Barrios has responded that she is in good health at a Red Cross hospital and that her pregnancy, at five months, is too advanced.
However, a medical panel was created on Monday to assess her mental and physical health.
Abortion?OMG!..
At what point does one say YES OR NO to flushing out the baby?I am so confused!
She is too young,her body is not ripe enough to carry the baby.OH GOD!
10 yearz?
ReplyDeleteOloriburuku smcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
Why is he still alive pleaseeeeeeeee
DeleteI see the idiot has been given some beating...they should have put him in a shared cell so the other inmates can teach him some lessons...mtcheeew!
DeleteAnimal in human skin.
If they wanted to flush d child out they should have done that when the pregnancy was less than 6weeks.
ReplyDeleteThe child should just fall down the stairs. She will lose the pregnancy.
#what nollywood has taught me
Yimu, na that kain Belle no dey gree comot o...even after D & C. Yoruba dey call am oyun esin (pregnancy of shame).
DeleteUselss stepfather infact they would have left him with the other inmates walahi they will settles scores with him,as for the mother she needs to be jailed for neglecting her daughter.
ReplyDeleteFor the abortion infact i am gobsmacked about that situation.
StepFather put in isolation for why naaa, they should have let the inmates beat the living daylight out of him wicked man.
ReplyDeletethey should do what is right
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
I am not anti abortion and will never be. There are some circumstances that one doesn't even need to say no, this is exactly one of them. Not every rape victim wants to carry the consequences which is the child. This same anti-abortion is part of the Irish government, eventually led to the death of a young married mother who if the baby had been aborted would still be alive to look after her small family left behind.
ReplyDeleteGod have mercy! Protect our children from some of this Dogs in form of men IJN
ReplyDeleteI think allowing the baby go through with childbirth is almost as inhumane as the rape itself.
ReplyDeleteI keep saying it and won't stop saying it. Dis pple should stop advising women on how to protect themselves alone! They should deal with d source! I swear it, if dis man is close I will strangle him. D stigma of rape is eternal. I feel for d Lil girl. Ooh my God! Dis is not right.
ReplyDeleteI see the brushing has started from the Police, them don disfigure him face for am. When he goes to jail it will be worse, when other inmates hears what he did.
ReplyDelete10years? like 10years? sangoooooo! jesus bikonu,they should abort now.i am just trying to imagine how she will be breathing and how comfortable she will be...why subject a 10year old child to such torture you wicked man..ha 10yrs.mo gbe oo..ewww
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!!10yrs old ?am speechless
ReplyDeletePlease mothers who remarried should always look out for their kids(male and female)
ReplyDeleteThese monsters are everywhere!
Don't trust anyone! Omg!
Please let them keep the monster where other inmates will get hold of him. Sicko! Perv!
Yes flush it out
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! The things we hear now sef...
ReplyDeleteDrag his face to the mud. Hell Yeah. He feeds from the sweat of the masses.
ReplyDeleteStupid man! Na God go punish him kai
ReplyDelete10yrz and pregnant? Too bad
To kill somebody just dey hungry me jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!
ReplyDeleteHow many times did he rape her! Oloshi dey shld have left him with the other inmates let dem make a meal of him! My God! I can't but imagine the trauma d girl is facing a 10yr old with baby ahn ahn when she is 20 her child would be 10 what is d world turning to! What kind of law a child dat shld hve been flushed from day one! Wat kind of country is that? Y shld she leave with d consequence of rape
ReplyDeleteWOMEN WANT TO MARRY BY FORCE BY FIRE. SEE D EVIL SHE EXPOSED HER DAUGHTER TO. MUST UNA MARRY?
ReplyDeleteThey should allow her to abort ooh.
ReplyDeleteCapital YES 2 her decision to abort.
The whole ish will traumatise the little girl........what does a 10yrs old girl know?
She is still a baby 4 crying out loud.
Some women don't deserve to be mothers.
And u? What are u? Ohh I forgot but guess what? I just remembered... u r an okpo! And I see how deserving u are to be a mother that's why u r looking old. Hanger ibo oshi!
DeleteThe evil men do astounds the devil himself
ReplyDeleteThat man deserves no mercy.
ReplyDeleteThis guy should b castrated
ReplyDeleteHe is useless!
Wizard
As for the abortion i don't know what to say. May God preserve her, amen
I vote for Castration
DeleteFor properly proven cases of rape
And jail time too
Rape is evil
It is well
ReplyDeleteGod have mercy
ReplyDeletePoor child.
ReplyDeleteno wonder d ram cries"nkan be eeeeee"
ReplyDelete*ROTFL*
DeleteJesus the Christ!
ReplyDeletedis is sickening..
ReplyDeleteIDIOTA of a man
ReplyDeleteHe must rot in jail
IDIOTA of a man
ReplyDeleteHe must rot in jail
Some people are just animals, a 10 year old is now sexually attractive to you. Someone who should be a daughter to you.
ReplyDeleteLots of questions in my head, Lord please I know abortion is wrong but can this little girl carry this pregnancy to full term? This is just too much for her to bear.
I dont agree wit abortion almost all d time,buh inndis case,its a YES to it.
ReplyDeleteWhy did dey put him im isolation?
Dey should have Left him in d General Prison where dey wil castrate d bastardo....
Evil scum!
Poor child.may God Keep u safe...and heal u emotionally,mentally n otherwise.
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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If only the family gat money they would have fly the little gal out of that country and go carry the abortion some place else
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Evil man! See his face sef like burnt boli. The girl should just climb a tree and fall from it or fight with a boy her age and makes sure he punches her tummy like thrice.... d baby's head will come dangling
ReplyDeletePoor child.she is so so young....God help her...post a free classified advert
ReplyDeletethe urge for sex for men don 3-much for ds world o.
ReplyDeletenawa for ds man
That's why I'll remain a single mum . My daughter is very pretty ,men admire her at her young age ,boys nko they fight for her attention in sch ,grown women jealous her . I don't want to kill anyone's child that's why I'll remain as I am . Thank u .
ReplyDeleteSome stories just ruin my day......am more pissed at d mom.....there's this saying "a mother always knows".....where d hell was she?...she brought in a paedophile into her home without thinking of her daughter....sometimes i just wish u cld kill someone for something like this and not be judged in this life or the after life.....they both deserve a slow and painful death....as for d abortion, i dnt want to blaspheme biko....if God wanted it out,,,she wld hv miscarried or sumtin...abeg make una leave me i no know.....just wondering about the mental and emotional state of d pregnant child.....what does she know? Heh...oyi aba'm ahu
ReplyDelete10 yrs? OMG. What was his joy, passion and pleasure. Oh God what was her crime. Cant there send him to Indonesia with a lil drug in his bag? Useless bunch.
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