An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her stepdad’s dad and became pregnant will be keeping the baby.

According to local news agencies, the 61-year-old man attacked the girl at her home in Yapacan, Bolivia, and is now in arrest.

As a result of their parents were working in La Paz, the victim and her 15-year-old sister had been living with their stepfather’s father since February.

After she told her cousin that she was feeling weird motions in her stomach, the family discovered she was pregnant. Her cousin then informed her mother, who informed the girl’s aunt, who filed a police report.

The family initially decided to abort the pregnancy but have since changed their minds, giving written consent over the weekend for the pregnancy to continue.

Giovanni Cabello, the family’s lawyer, confirmed: “This was a decision expressed in the morning and it is inserted in the medical history so that the maternity ward and all its team are proceeding according to the will expressed by the family."Cabello also said that the victim is in “adequate condition, she is calm".

According to Ana Paola Garca, the CEO of the Bolivian charity Women’s House, the girl “does not want to be a mother" and has already received the first dose of abortion drugs.

She said: “What is being done with this creature is a crime.

“It is not possible for us to force an 11-year-old girl to be in a nine-month gestation process, that is torture."

Abortion is legal in Bolivia when rape or incest is involved.

Bolivian minister Eduardo del Castillo has called for the girl to be psychologically evaluated if the pregnancy is allowed to continue.

“Imagine an 11-year-old girl who has to see her son or daughter as a result of rape every day," he said.

“We cannot tolerate this type of behaviour within our country and we cannot destroy the life of an 11-year-old girl."

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