USA: Due to the ban on abortion, a raped girl gave birth to a child

A 13-year-old girl from Mississippi gave birth to a boy after being raped, and due to a change in the law, she could not have an abortion, reported the American magazine Time.

The girl's mother wanted to take her daughter for an abortion, but was told that Chicago was the closest location where the procedure could be performed.

However, Chicago is nine hours away from Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the girl lives, and the cost of an abortion, along with travel costs, was too high for her family.

The last abortion clinic in Mississippi closed last summer after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to ban abortions.

This summer, just a week after the decision, local media in Ohio reported that a 10-year-old girl who had been raped had to travel to Indiana to get an abortion, since abortion was illegal in Ohio.

The man who raped her was sentenced to life in prison last month.

Since the decision, abortion has been restricted in 14 US states, including Mississippi. It is estimated that 25 million women between the ages of 15 and 33 live in them.

In Mississippi, abortion is only allowed if the rape is reported to the police, but two out of three rapes in the US go unreported, according to non-profit organizations.

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