In all likelihood the 9-year-old who made headlines after giving birth in Mexico recently was raped. But we don't know for a fact. Known as only "Dafne," the girl delivered a baby by cesarean section. She was just eight years old when she "fell pregnant" at the hands of a 17-year-old boy who is reportedly on the run.
“Due to her young age, we don’t know if she is being entirely truthful,” said Lino Ginzalez Corona, spokesperson at Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office, according to an article in ABC News. But fortunately the state prosecution is now considering whether this pregnancy was in fact a result of child abuse or rape, as Dafne is below the age of consent as stated by Mexican law.
An article on Mommyish claims that Dafne, from impoverished Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, is now "receiving psychological counseling and medical care and will be monitored closely."
One of 11 children, her working parents weren't around to supervise her. She is one of the youngest 'children' to become a mother in recent years, and not the first in Mexico where the consensual age is just 12.
Let that sink in a little. Twelve. I don't know many 12 year olds who are physically or emotionally ready to have sex, do you? (Hell, I had only the vaguest inkling of what sex was at 12, much less menstruation!) And I would hazard a guess these girls don't, either.
My heart weeps for this little girl and what she has been through. Unimaginable. I can't fathom a 9-year-old child 'dating,' much less having sex, carrying a baby, then having her tiny uterus sliced open.
Is a 9 year old truly capable of having consensual intercourse?
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