Mother could not afford to take daughter for a termination at clinic 600 miles out of state
A 13-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was raped by a stranger in her front garden last autumn was denied an abortion under Mississippi’s statewide ban.
Ashley, not her real name, was discovered to be up to 11 weeks pregnant when she first had an ultrasound following the attack.
She was aged 12 at the time of the rape, which took place outside her family home while her uncle and siblings were indoors.
Her mother, Regina, also a pseudonym used by Time magazine, said an unknown man had entered the garden, grabbed Ashley and covered her mouth before sexually assaulting her at the side of the property.