The birth of Bangladesh
The History Hour
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Did the Recognition of Rape Survivors Help? No, It Didn't.
Rigia begham was rejected by her community when people found out what had happened to her. Halicantam, alican and bangladesh also had to deal with the thousands of unwonted pregnancies that resulted from rape on this scale. Many babies were adopted by foreigners. But moslem majority country also decided to allow abortions on a temporary basis. They offered the abortion support to the women who wanted to do that.
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