‘Thrown out’<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Supreme Court was scathing in its judgment, reports the BBC’s Brian Hungwe from the capital, Harare.<\/p>\n
It ruled that the mental anguish from the pregnancy was foreseeable and doctors should have recommended emergency contraception – the so-called “morning-after pill” – within three days of the rape in 2006.<\/p>\n
The doctors instead referred the matter back to the police, contributing to delays which meant it was eventually too late to terminate the pregnancy.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court referred the case to another court to determine the sum to be awarded in damages.<\/p>\n
The woman was also seeking $42,000 (\u00a325,000) in compensation to cover the costs of raising the child, but that claim was thrown out, the AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n
The ruling was welcomed by the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, which initiated the litigation on behalf of the woman.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zimbabwe’s top court has ordered the state to pay compensation to a rape victim who was denied an abortion after she was attacked eight years ago. The court criticised police and medical workers for delays in helping the woman seek a termination of her pregnancy. Abortion is illegal in Zimbabwe, but may be permitted where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n
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