A court has found an Australian child competent to consent to the surgical termination of her unwanted pregnancy.
Harsher penalties for killing an unborn child are coming into effect in New South Wales, Australia. Pixabay
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A Queensland court has granted a 12-year-old girl the power to consent to her own surgical abortion.
The youth, identified only as E in court documents, had become pregnant to her 13-year-old partner but did not wish to have the baby.
Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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