A cesarean section carried out on an 11-year-old girl raped by her grandmother's husband has reopened the debate about abortion in Argentina, where rules on pregnancy terminations are strict.
"I want you to take out of my tummy what the old man put there," the girl had said in a complaint lodged with authorities in the northern province of Tucuman.That procedure took seven weeks, though, as doctors invoked their right to conscientious objection.
At 23 weeks, doctors deemed the girl to be in danger but instead of an abortion, they performed a caesarean section. Argentine law allows for pregnancy terminations in extreme cases, such as rape or when the mother's life is in danger. The Tucuman local government justified its actions, claiming to have put in place"the procedures necessary to save both lives".
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