Judge who banned 11-year-old rape victim from having an abortion is PROMOTED in Brazil

A judge in Brazil who banned an 11-year-old girl rape victim from having an abortion has been promoted.

Judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer, whose decision caused widespread outrage, was given a promotion after the Court of Justice decided that she was ‘especially deserving’.

Brazilian officials denied that it had taken into consideration her ruling over the 11-year-old girl, who is being kept in sheltered accommodation to prevent her having an abortion.

The judge’s new role will involve transfer to the district of Brusque, and she also claimed that she was offered the job before the controversy about the abortion ruling.

The ruling had prompted a suggestion from justice officials that they were going to investigate Ribeiro Zimmer, but now it has been revealed that she has been given a better job.