Nine-year-old 'incest victim' aborts twins

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Oz)

A nine-year-old girl who was carrying twins, allegedly after being raped by her stepfather, has undergone an abortion despite complaints from Brazil's Catholic Church...

... Marcio Miranda, a lawyer for the Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife in north-eastern Brazil, said the girl should have carried the twins
to term and had a caesarean section.

"It's the law of God: do not kill. We consider this murder," Ms Miranda said in comments reported by O Globo.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/nineyearold-incest-victim-aborts-twins-20090305-8oom.html

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I have no idea why incest victim is put in quotes, as there seems no question that the NINE year old is the victim of incest, and also could have been made a victim of her (parent's) religion.