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CARACAS (Reuters) - Women’s activists in Venezuela have largely halted unofficial abortion services after the arrest of a university professor who helped a 13-year-old girl to end a pregnancy, according to 10 women’s rights advocates interviewed by Reuters.
FILE PHOTO: Locals hold a flag at a gathering in Caracas, Venezuela September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
Police in October raided the home of Vannesa Rosales in the northwestern state of Merida and arrested her. Her lawyer says she will likely be charged with inducing an abortion and conspiring to commit a crime for her role in helping the girl terminate a pregnancy after being raped.