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Girl, 9, gives birth to boy in China

A nine-year-old girl has given birth to a healthy child in northeast China, MX reported Tuesday.

The baby, reportedly a boy, was delivered via cesarean on January 27 and weighed in at 2.75kg.

Circumstances surrounding the girl’s pregnancy were unknown, but her parents have sought legal help, the City Evening News reported, as sex with a child under the age of fourteen brings with it an automatic rape conviction.

Despite the young age of the mother, from Songyuan, and the potential for severe complications, it has been reported the mother and her new baby are doing fine.

The baby was delivered at Changchun hospital, in the Jilin province, with nursing staff refusing to comment.

Young pregnancies are reportedly on the rise in China..

A Shanghai hospital said about 30 per cent of abortions were on school-aged girls.