As reported in a Times article published on Monday August 14, 2023, in Mississippi, a 13-year-old girl was forced to keep the baby resulting from her rape. This American state, like many others, prohibited the practice of abortion following the cancellation of the Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
According to a article du Time published this Monday, August 14, the girl learned that she was pregnant at around the tenth week of pregnancy.
Raped in the outer courtyard of her house
This tragic story takes place in the city of Clarksdale in the state of Mississippi in the United States. In the fall of 2022, the 13-year-old girl is raped by a stranger in the outdoor courtyard of her house. Feeling too ashamed to talk about it, she decides to keep quiet with her mother.
Weeks pass and the young girl hardly ever leaves her room. She then begins to complain of stomach aches. Her mother doesn’t understand, thinks it’s because of her diet. She asks him hazardously, if she would not be pregnant. The girl denies.
But one day in January, the child begins to vomit endlessly. Her mother rushes her to the hospital. After a blood test, the doctors tell her that she is pregnant. The young girl enters her tenth week of pregnancy and the State of Mississippi strongly condemns the practice of abortion.
In theory, two exceptions exist in Mississippi
Exceptions do exist, however. It is possible to have an abortion if the health of the mother is threatened or if she has been the victim of a rape. But that’s just theory. The state, since banning abortion, has only made two exceptions. And no hospital will want to perform the operation.
The doctor then advises them of the nearest clinic in Chicago, 9 hours away. The teenager’s mother thinks about it. But on the spot, it would be necessary to pay the accommodation as well as the medical expenses of the operation: “I do not have the funds necessary for all that”, explains the mother to the Time.
With no options, mother and daughter decide to do nothing. During the second trimester of her pregnancy, the 13-year-old girl is homeschooling. His mother says: “We kept silent, because people make negative judgments when they don’t know what’s going on.”
39 weeks later, the teenager will give birth to a baby boy.
14 states strongly condemn abortion in the United States
The state of Mississippi, like thirteen others, banned abortion following the cancellation of the Roe V. Wade decision. of 1973, by the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022. Other states, on the other hand, had decided to extend the legislation, such as California, New York State or Washington.
According to Dr. Daniel Edney, health official in Mississippi, banning abortion is expected to lead to thousands more births, especially to low-income mothers.
This big step backwards will also have really harmful consequences for the country’s economy, according to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Last May, she explained in particular that the loss of this right would increase the chances of women falling into poverty, according to the Tribune.
2023-08-15 16:01:00
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