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A 15-year-old Indonesian girl who was raped by her older brother was arrested and sentenced to 6 months for abortion.
The girl was sentenced Thursday alongside her 17-year-old brother At a hearing in camera at Muara Bulian on the island of Sumatra, court spokeswoman Listyo Arif Budiman, said Saturday: "The girl was charged under the Child Protection Act for aborting"
Indonesia prohibits abortion unless life a woman is in danger or under certain circumstances if she is to be sentenced to a one year sentence. she is raped
The law requires that an abortion be performed by a registered practitioner no later than six weeks after pregnancy, and the woman should have an appointment with a psychologist.
The girl has been raped by her brother eight times since last September and aborted about six months after being pregnant, Budiman said.
She was helped by her mother, who also responds to a lawsuit [19659004] Police arrested the brothers in June after the discovery of a fetus in a palm oil mill near the village of Pulau in Jambi province.
Originally, prosecutors demanded the arrest of the girl and her brother by seven.
Health authorities and human rights groups have long criticized Indonesian laws on abortion to encourage illegal abortions in illegal clinics.
Abortions account for between 30% and 50% of maternal deaths in the country, according to a report of the World Health Organization 2013.
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