"The ethics commission makes decisions only in compliance with legal provisions, and the Criminal Code stipulates that people under 14 years of age may terminate a pregnancy only if it is life-threatening for the mother or the baby is deformed. Medical examinations couldn’t prove the existence of such cases and we’ve decided she will carry the pregnancy to term under medical supervision,” Vica Todosciuc, manger of the maternity in Iasi, said Friday.
The girl got pregnant four months ago, when she was raped by her 19-year-old uncle. Doctors in Piatra Neamt, eastern Romania, had recommended a termination of the pregnancy.