Thursday, September 18, 2008

Stepfather causes pregnancy in 10 year old girl

A television news station recently reported on a 10 year old girl who had become pregnant by her stepfather. The report explained that only when she reached her seventh month in the pregnancy that people became aware of the problem.

Although a pregnancy for a child so young is hardly "normal", the sexual abuse among children is wide spread, especially in slum communities where there are high levels of alcohol, drugs and gangs. It's also typical for fathers to be absent in families that are forced to survive in the slums.

Please pray for children who are being sexually abused in Brazil and the rest of the world.

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