A 10 year old has given birth to become one of the world’s youngest mothers. It is still being decided whether or not to let the girl and her family keep custody of the child.
The young mother and the baby are healthy, however medical experts warn that because the girl is still growing, she was at a higher risk of a number health risks during the pregnancy.
The baby’s grandmother, who is a Roma gypsy says she can not understand the interest in the case as 10 years old is the average age girls are married in Romania. She identified herself only as Olimpia and appeared to be in her 30s but did not give her age. She doesn’t see any problem with early marraiges
‘These things are normal in our country. Girls get married at 10 so we don’t understand why people are so surprise”.
The father of the 6.4 pound baby is only 13 years old and had remained in Romania, and is described as her daughter’s former boyfriend.
Local authorities are debating whether social services should take charge of the girl and her baby.
An official with the Spanish Justice Ministry in Madrid said that, under Spanish law, having consensual sex with someone under age 13 is classified as child abuse.
The world’s youngest mother, Lina Medina from Peru, gave birth at 5 years old, seven months and 21 days in 1939.
Souces (Healthjackal, Huffingtonpost, Ecochildsplay,Yahoo news) Early marraiges are common in some African societies
the last statement in this article is quite contradicting…. I completely comprehend when a 10-yr in the 21st century becomes pregnant because of the rapid growth due to our genetically modified foods….but for a 5 yr to become a mother in 1939, that raises a plethora of questions…..
either ways, it's still pretty scary, very soon we will be expecting teenage grandmothers…