WATCH: Call For Teen Pregnancies to be Labelled "Statutory Rape" (1)

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The Free State provincial health department this week revealed that no less than 150 young girls aged 10-14 years old gave birth over the past five months in the province.
According to the SA medical journal, the number of 10-14 year old's to give birth have increased by more than 50% over the past five years.
The alarming statistics have resulted in a number of organisations calling for urgent intervention and prosecution of those responsible for the pregnancies with many calling it for to be labelled for what it is - statutory rape

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