Doctors are trying to save her but there (may be) no hope of survival,” the girl’s mother told CNN on Thursday. The problem is exacerbated in rural India because women remain largely uneducated and stigma surrounding sexual assault runs rampant, they say. But the girl did not tell her mother about the alleged attack, and instead, like many survivors of sexual assault, lived in silence. “My sister-in-law (the alleged rapist’s mother) said they would pay for an abortion and get them married. Since we belong to the same family, we settled the matter,” said the girl’s mother, adding she now wants the alleged rapist to be hanged.

Source: Egypt Independent October 15, 2022 08:28 UTC