A 14-year-old girl, who was forced into marriage has died in
labour after suffering a brain hemorrhage. According to Huriyet Daily news,
Derya B was married in a religious ceremony and gave birth a week ago at age
15.
She died of complications related to giving birth at such a
young age, it is believed. Derya died in a private hospital in Batman, east
Turkey, yesterday October 17. Police are investigating the circumstances of her
death.
Gynecology expert Professor M.D. Aydan Biri told the Turkish
paper, “It is dangerous for a child
bride to get pregnant. The mortality rate is higher in adolescent pregnancies. The
risks of high blood pressure, early birth or an intervention in the birth are
higher. The pregnancies of children who have not completed their physical
development and whose organs have not yet completely developed often end in
death.”
Daily Mail UK
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