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10-Year-Old Gives Birth, Residents Shocked in Idaho Falls

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Topics: maternity, rape, News
     

We broke the unbelievable story last night of a 10-year old girl in St. Anthony who gave birth to a baby.

She's now one of the youngest kids in the country to become a mother.

Residents both on and off camera were shocked and in dismay over the situation, today this is what they had to say about our story.

Jim Ker, shocked resident: "I think there's a lot of sick people out there."

Holly Theisen, upset resident: "Somebody would end up getting hurt by me if that was my kid and I'd probably go to jail."


     
     
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The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

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The saying goes,"The silence is deafening." No more. A brave filmmaker, herself a victim of gang rape, wanted to share her story with victims in the Congo (DRC). Little was Lisa Jackson prepared for the horrific stories she would capture on camera. Her independent documentary film, "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo," aired on HBO just last week and I cannot describe how it made me feel. If ever you find yourself complaining about life, think of these women who are so violently brutalized with impunity that they suffer, or die, from unimaginable internal wounds.