A nine-year-old Chinese girl has given birth recently at Changchun Hospital. The baby has weighed two and a half kilos and both she and the baby are out of danger. At birth it was by caesarean section at eight and a half months of gestation. The police investigate the case, because it is a violation given the age of the girl and it is about finding out who the aggressor was and father, if it can be called that, of the baby.
The age of the girls to have their first menstruation is getting lower but you can always find cases in which, hormonal problems, trigger an early puberty. This can be treated by the problems of growth and health that may have a menarche too early.
However, for girls below the age of legal consent, as in this case, the most terrible thing is that someone may be capable of sexual assault that leaves their lives marked forever. In this case, in addition, to the pain of rape and abuse, will be joined to be a mother being a small girl.
Being a mother at nine is something I can't even imagine how hard it will be. I hope that family and society know how to give you all the comfort, support and protection that she and her baby will undoubtedly need. It is a very hard story that reminds us of how important is the prevention of abuse, giving adequate information to children and ensuring that their confidence in us is total so that no one can force them to silence such an event.
