11-year-old Girl Who Was Raped by Her Step-father Gives Birth

 

 

The crazy rise in rape cases all over the world, has led to an increase in the number of child parents.

 

An 11 year old girl from Paraguay who was raped by her 42-year-old step father identified as Gilberto Benitez Zárate, has just given birth to a baby girl at a Paraguayan hospital, today, August 13.

 

Gilberto who is married to the girl's mother, had gone missing after what he did to the young girl was made public. He was later apprehended and on interrogation, denied raping the girl and demanded a DNA test.

 

News of  the little girl's  rape gained worldwide recognition after she was discovered in May to be pregnant at age 10 and was refused to be granted an abortion by the Paraguyan government.

 

Paraguay has one of the strongest laws against abortion in the world.

 

Amnesty international and some other rights organization had called for the termination of the pregnancy of the little girl because of the psychological trauma she will undergo but the Paraguayan government maintained their stand.

 

The government insisted that the 11 year old girl will be given the much needed attention for her to give birth normally.

 

She gave birth by C-section to a girl that weighed 3.5 kilos (eight pounds). They say she and her daughter are doing very well medically.

 

A 2013 United Nations report said that 2 million girls under age 14 give birth in developing countries every year, many of whom suffer resulting long-term or fatal health problems. It estimated that 70,000 adolescents die each year from complications from pregnancy or childbirth.