"could someone explain to me why an 11 year old should be required to bear the child of what is surely the most horrific experience of her short life?"
To do otherwise is to place ones own judgement ahead of God's.
Bull.
God had nothing to do with the act of the bastard who raped her. You want to put the cart before the horse.
“Safety of the mother.”
What did that baby do that you are entitled to kill it? What is its crime?