A 10-year-old Sengalese girl who was raped and is
carrying twins has been denied an abortion and the young girl was raped by a neighbor.
“She is going to have to go through with the
pregnancy,” said Fatou Kine Camara, president of the
Senegalese women lawyers’ association, which has
been campaigning to the authorities for her to have a
legal abortion.
carrying twins has been denied an abortion and the young girl was raped by a neighbor.
“She is going to have to go through with the
pregnancy,” said Fatou Kine Camara, president of the
Senegalese women lawyers’ association, which has
been campaigning to the authorities for her to have a
legal abortion.
Authorities in the country have ruled that she cannot
have the termination.
The girl, who lives in the south of the country, is now
thought to be five months pregnant.
In a previous case, a nine-year-old was forced to
have a baby after being raped.
Senegal, in west Africa, has one of the toughest
abortion laws on the continent.
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