Chinese girl, 9, becomes one of world's youngest mothers after giving birth to a baby boy

Daily Mail ^ | February 3, 2010 | Richard Shears

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A nine-year-old Chinese schoolgirl has become one of the world's youngest mothers after giving birth to a healthy boy.

The unnamed girl was brought to a hospital in Changchun, which lies in the north-east of the country, when she was eight and a half months pregnant.

Two days later, she gave birth to the 6lb boy by Caesarean section, a Chinese newspaper has reported.

The child comes from the nearby town of Songyuan. Her family refused to discuss the pregnancy, but confirmed they had reported it to the police. Last night police were reportedly trying to establish who the father is.

In the province, sex with a child under the age of 14 brings an automatic rape conviction and a lengthy jail sentence.

A legal expert told the paper that women under the age of 14 do not have sexual rights - 'so any argument of being consensual as a defence is completely untenable,' he said.

He added: 'Anyone who had sexual relations with a girl under 14 means they have committed rape and is to be punished severely.'

A hospital in China's largest city, Shanghai, recently said that about 30 per cent of abortions were on school-aged girls.

The youngest reported mother in the world - and the most bizarre of all young pregnancy cases - is five-year-old Lina Medina of Peru, who gave birth to a 6lb son named Gerardo in a Caesarean operation in 1939.

Her father was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse but was later released because of lack of evidence.

In 1957 another Peruvian girl, aged nine, gave birth to a girl weighing just over 6lb and, curiously, it was in 2006 that yet another Peruvian girl, aged eight, gave birth to a 4lb 4oz girl.

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I just posted a case of an 11 year old girl in the U.S. It seems there have been a couple instances of very young mothers over the past week.

The baby is adorable, but I hope they find the monster who raped that little girl:

[HiTech RedNeck]

Or, juvenile delinquent

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A legal expert told the paper that women under the age of 14 do not have sexual rights

Neither does anyone over 14 after they've had their one child and must abort any others. The Chinese state is a monster and should be destroyed.

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They start'em young in Peru.

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And Americans will be owing this 9 year old Chinese girl due to our debt.

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Thanks to a dirty old man.

[Global2010]

I would rather put all my Love and Prayers
towards this lil bambino.

May God give this lil one a home that will
respect life/rights and all that is decent.

Ya’ll have to keep it in mind that
child rape/pregnancies are nothing new.

Happens albeit we now all communicate bout it
via net forums.

Can we just focus on the good of despite the intent
of bad?

The child is born not aborted and will
thrive, God willing.

Jesus was born in a crap filled barn stall and died
in respitory distress with a lance to his
chest.

So much for changing human nature/evils eh?

Praise God that this baby was not aborted and
the mother (young girl) may be blessed and
grow up to to love and praise God not be some
angry hatefull person as the one who perpertrated
the original sin against her.

[cyborg]

amen