https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/mississippi-abortion-ban-girl-raped-gives-birth Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi gave birth to a boy after she was raped as well as impregnated by a stranger – and then was unable to get an abortion, according to a Time magazine report published on Monday. The mother of the girl, who uses the pseudonym Ashley in the report, was looking to get an abortion for her daughter but was told the closest abortion provider was in Chicago – a drive of more than nine hours from their home in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure
A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi gave birth to a boy after she was raped as well as impregnated by a stranger – and then was unable to get an abortion, according to a Time magazine report published on Monday. The mother of the girl, who uses the pseudonym Ashley in the report, was looking to get an abortion for her daughter but was told the closest abortion provider was in Chicago – a drive of more than nine hours from their home in Clarksdale, Mississippi.