Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release:
Five schoolgirls who became pregnant and their parents were arrested last week following a local government directive, despite no laws forbidding teenagers from becoming pregnant. Everyone was later released on bail.
The arrests took place in Tandahimba District in the Mtwara region of Tanzania. A directive was later issued for the arrest of the men who impregnated the girls after . . .
Five schoolgirls who became pregnant and their parents were arrested last week following a local government directive, despite no laws forbidding teenagers from becoming pregnant. Everyone was later released on bail.
The arrests took place in Tandahimba District in the Mtwara region of Tanzania. A directive was later issued for the arrest of the men who impregnated the girls after . . .