The girl has been charge­d under the child protec­tion law for having an aborti­onJAKARTA: A 15-year-old girl who was raped by her older brother has been jailed for six months for having an abortion, an Indonesian official said on Saturday. “The girl was charged under the child protection law for having an abortion,” he said. Indian minor raped by 17 men over weeksIndonesia forbids abortion unless a woman’s life is at risk or under certain circumstances if she is raped. The girl, who was raped by her brother eight times starting in September last year, had the abortion about six months after becoming pregnant, Budiman said. Prosecutors had originally asked that the girl be jailed for one year and her brother for seven.

Source: The Express Tribune July 21, 2018 14:03 UTC