The case involves a girl identified publicly only as "Yesenia" who is six weeks pregnant after allegedly being raped first by her brother-in-law and later by a man identified only as "a mechanic." The child's mother brought the case to the attention of authorities.
On Friday, Aug. 29, the state prosecutor in Tijuana announced that "Yesenia's" petition for a legal abortion had been approved.
Whether she and her mother will be able to find a physician willing to abort the unborn baby remains less clear.
