9 year old chinese girl gave birth to a boy
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.
Circumstances surrounding the girl’s pregnancy were unknown, but her parents have sought legal help, the City Evening News reported, as sex with a child under the age of fourteen brings with it an automatic rape conviction.
Despite the young age of the mother, from Songyuan, and the potential for severe complications, it has been reported the mother and her new baby are doing fine.
The baby was delivered at Changchun hospital, in the Jilin province, with nursing staff refusing to comment.
Young pregnancies are reportedly on the rise in China..
A Shanghai hospital said about 30 per cent of abortions were on school-aged girls.
