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Rosario, 14, pumps her breasts for milk to give to her baby inside the neonatal ICU of Hospital San Benito. “Our girls believe they were brought into this world to be a mother,” said Dr. Daniel Alvarez a pediatrician at the hospital. “When she is 12 she is used to raising her siblings. She doesn’t go to school, she is not literate. Some of these girls don’t even learn Spanish, they only use their mother language. At a certain age, the only escape in their mind is to get involved with a boy, and do the same thing… be a mother, be part of the cycle. That’s the cycle we are trying to break. We need to give more power to women to make good choices.”

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Rosario, 14, pumps her breasts for milk to give to her baby inside the neonatal ICU of Hospital San Benito. “Our girls believe they were brought into this world to be a mother,” said Dr. Daniel Alvarez a pediatrician at the hospital. “When she is 12 she is used to raising her siblings. She doesn’t go to school, she is not literate. Some of these girls don’t even learn Spanish, they only use their mother language. At a certain age, the only escape in their mind is to get involved with a boy, and do the same thing… be a mother, be part of the cycle. That’s the cycle we are trying to break. We need to give more power to women to make good choices.”