A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied permission for an abortion by the Indian Supreme Court last month has given birth to a baby girl.<\/p>\n
The girl is not aware that she has given birth. During her pregnancy she was told her bulge was because she had a big stone in her stomach.<\/p>\n
The baby weighing 2.5kg (5.5lb) was delivered by Caesarean section in Chandigarh at 09:22 (03:52 GMT).<\/p>\n
Both the mother and the newborn are doing fine, an official told the BBC.<\/p>\n
The girl alleges she was raped several times in the past seven months by her uncle, who has been arrested.<\/p>\n
Her pregnancy was discovered about a month ago when she complained of stomach ache and her parents took her to hospital.<\/p>\n
Last month, the Supreme Court refused to allow an abortion for her on the grounds that she was too far into her pregnancy after a doctors’ panel said that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”.<\/p>\n
A lower court had earlier turned down her plea on similar grounds.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"