{"id":270828,"date":"2022-06-28T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=270828"},"modified":"2022-06-28T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T22:41:10","slug":"advocates-demand-abortion-rape-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/advocates-demand-abortion-rape-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion advocates demand abortion for 11-year-old rape victim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion advocates are outraged after a judge in Brazil refused to allow an abortion to be committed on an 11-year-old rape survivor.\u00a0The mother of the little girl allegedly took her to a doctor in Florianopolis, in the state of Santa Catarina, to get an abortion when she was already 22 weeks pregnant. But the doctor refused and said they would need a court order<\/a>, as abortion is only permitted up to 20 weeks.<\/p>\n

The family then sought out Judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer, who is now\u00a0under investigation<\/a> by the Brazilian Court of Justice after she did not grant permission for the abortion.<\/p>\n

According to The Intercept<\/a>, part of Zimmer’s motivation is that preborn children born at 22 weeks are now considered viable, as they are increasingly able to survive at younger and younger ages. So permitting an abortion, for Zimmer, \u201cwould be an authorization for murder.”<\/p>\n

While many have criticized Zimmer for not adequately protecting the 11-year-old rape survivor, who is now 29 weeks pregnant, she did take action to keep her safe. While the mother threatened to commit the abortion herself, Zimmer sent the girl to a shelter to keep her safe from whoever was responsible for the rape \u2014which took place in her home, indicating it is a member of the household. An abortion could make it easier to cover up the crimes of a rapist.<\/p>\n

Another magistrate has since ruled that the girl can go home<\/a>, which was what her mother wanted.<\/p>\n