Las secuelas perniciosas del embarazo forzado en las niñas menores de 14 años ante la inobservancia del principio de interés superior de las niñas en Guatemala

Abstract

The observance of the guiding principle of the Best Interests of the Child establishes that all socially, legally and family related decisions must be oriented to secure the full well-being and exercise of the rights of the girl, boy and adolescent, requires the State to guarantee that young girls are not forced to unwanted pregnancies, an experience that will cause dangerous aftereffects.
In Guatemala, girls under 14 experience sexual violence, this obligates them to deal with a forced pregnancy, which affects their life, health and life project. These actions happen daily with an absence of action of the State to attend this group living in a situation of vulnerability.
For the development of this article, consideration was given to the context in which the rights of girls are developed and the structural and legal dimensions that are not responding to the social and legal reality that girls forced to become mothers have to assume. It showcases the culture rooted in our patriarchal society which considers and reinforces the belief that women must assume motherhood and is rigidly imposed.