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Romanian girl travels to Britain for abortion
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
BUCHAREST (AFP) — An 11-year-old Romanian girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle has travelled to Britain for an abortion despite being given last-minute permission to undergo the procedure in her native country, officials said Monday.
"The girl and her mother left for Britain on Saturday evening," the mayor of her village, Neculai Nicorescu, told AFP.
They left the day after a government panel had ruled that the girl could have an abortion in Romania, despite the country's tight abortion laws.
Under Romanian legislation, abortions are allowed up until the 14th week of the pregnancy if the mother's life is endangered or if the foetus suffers from malformation.
The girl was already 17 weeks pregnant when her parents...
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