November 6,2010
Tags: 10-Year-Old Girl, in Spain Gives Birth, The Associated Press reports, that a 10-year-old girl, in southern Spain, gave birth, last week,
The Associated Press reports that a 10-year-old girl in southern Spain gave birth last week.News from Southern Spain that a 10-year-old girl has given birth to a child in the Andalusian city of Jerez de la Frontera. Apparently, this is pretty normal where she comes from, so,
Girl, 10, Gives Birth In Spain
A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday. The baby was born last week in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, said Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia region's social affairs minister.
Navarro told reporters the father of the baby is also a minor, and both the mother and the baby were in good health. Her department declined to give details, including the sex of the baby, but said authorities do not consider this a case of rape and that no criminal investigation is under way.
Under Spanish law, having consensual sex with someone under age 13 is classified as child abuse, an official with the Spanish Justice Ministry in Madrid said. But this particular case is complicated by the fact that the father of the baby is also a minor and it is not clear if he could be charged, the official said.
Spanish newspapers said the mother is of Romanian origin.
The daily Diario de Jerez reported the girl was already pregnant when she arrived in Spain, but did not say when she came to this country. It is not clear if the father is in Spain.
Medical experts warn that because young girls are still growing, they are at higher risk during pregnancy. Studies have shown that teenage girls are more likely to give birth to premature babies and their infants have a higher chance of dying by age one.
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She lives in Spain but is in fact Romanian. I'd say this would be pretty unusual for a spanish girl
Girls used to be eligible for marriage and childbirth once they had their first period. Due to all the hormones in our food and water, girls are hitting puberty earlier; thus this doesn't really surprise me that much. I feel bad for her though…childbirth has REALLY got to suck when you're so tiny.
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