10-year-old rape victim gives birth after Supreme Court denied her abortion

A 10-year-old rape victim in India gave birth to a baby girl last month through cesarean after the Indian Supreme Court denied her permission to abort. The little girl is still not aware that she was pregnant since she was told the bulge was because she had a big stone in her stomach. An official told the BBC that the mother and the baby who is weighing 2.5kg, are doing fine.

The parents of the girl took her to the hospital after the 10-year-old complained of stomach aches and that is when the pregnancy was discovered (mid July 2017). The child alleges that her uncle had raped her several times in the past months. The uncle has already been arrested.