10-year-old's pregnancy fuels Mexican abortion debate

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Since we're on the subject, it seems to be normal in Bulgaria, too: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...r_wedding.html. Now, THAT'S a sad story.

Yes and No. She's a gypsy, not a Bulgarian.

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I know, I was referring to the part of the article where the grandmother said it's normal for their girls (in Bulgaria) to have babies young--she just didn't want that for her granddaughter.

No it's not normal for Bulgarians, but is for gypsies. Even when my grandmother lived there, it was unusual to have children before 16. And that was 100 years ago.