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    World focused on death of pregnant Dominican teenager

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Welcome back to -- -- -- foxnews.com.

Live abortion is obviously become a major.

Topic of conversation here.

Because of representative -- eight king's comments on it over the weekend and the ensuing.

Controversy and attempts to get him out of the Missouri senate race.

-- it so that issue of great debate in other countries as well -- Julie Banderas.

Joining us now however Fox News Latino.

With a story of a girl.

In the Dominican Republic right.

Did this in this involves abortion -- and didn't tell you about it.

Well it is against the law to have an abortion in the Dominican Republic -- a worldwide debate on whether this girl who suffered cancer.

Would I get chemotherapy doctors were afraid to administer the chemotherapy because they did not want to hurt.

Her unborn in my -- and so her mother wanted her to have an abortion because her mother wanted to put her life first.

-- Esperanza was her name night she died last week after.

Complications due to the cancer but they had started chemotherapy she when she was about thirteen weeks pregnant.

Come and that doctors halted her therapy.

Due to the fact that she was pregnant so it is -- it is a debate you know would you talk about the controversy here in the United States.

On rape victims and and whether abortion should apply differently to them.

This girl was not -- -- however she was accounts are.

Fighter and unfortunately lost that fight however I did a little research on just chemotherapy and pregnancy in general because.

It's interesting to note that there are actually scientists researchers in Germany that have actually found that babies born.

Two women who underwent chemotherapy while being treated for cancer turned out just fine and if in fact the chemotherapy did not affect those unborn fetuses.

Some of them were born with low birth weights but had the doctor -- In the Dominican Republic may be done little more research perhaps they could have treated her and perhaps you'd still be alive today it's a lot about the health care system.

And in Third World countries as well on how fortunate we are that we don't have to deal with.

One that's a fascinating fascinating and tragic story ethical decision on -- is really really.

Julie Banderas there's more on this at -- he's in his -- dot com you can read more on these this article all right great -- great CUR has only that you can't -- you pregnant -- I -- how -- how long have I got -- seven months 28 weeks wow I got three months ago all right good -- -- seven months to it and we've -- a little credit for and we just ten months really yeah -- -- him are false advertising until we got pregnant and -- don't actually you think it's nine months false advertising -- all right -- thank you good to see you thank you very much.

I want to get now.

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