Paraguay’s government has rejected the recommendation of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights regarding a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather, once again denying the child the right to end her pregnancy. The CIDH, as the commission is known, suggested Paraguay protect the girl’s life by allowing her to interrupt the pregnancy, due to risks that she could face throughout gestation and delivery. But in a June 11 statement by the Paraguayan foreign ministry, the country flat-out rejected the commission’s advice. The government said it has done everything to ensure the well being of the girl and her fetus. Paraguayan law establishes that all life, since the moment of conception, “must be protected,” the statement said.

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