Buenos Aires
Fury after child gives birth: Thousands of Argentine women demanded changes to the country’s strict abortion laws after authorities there effectively denied an abortion to an 11-year-old girl who had been raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend. The procedure was repeatedly delayed, and when the girl was given the go-ahead at 23 weeks, doctors said an abortion would be too risky and performed a C-section instead. The baby died a week later. Celebrities posted photos of themselves at age 11 on social media, with the hashtag #NiñasNoMadres (“Girls, not mothers”). Abortion is legal in Argentina only in cases of rape or to prevent a mother’s death, but it is often denied even in those cases. Medical professionals who assist in an illegal abortion can be imprisoned for up to 15 years, while the woman can be sentenced to up to four years.