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BUDAPEST, Mar 23 (LSN)  Hungarian provincial court judge Eva Molnar, has attempted to save the life of a preborn child by ruling that a 13-year-old girl could not go ahead with a “planned infanticide.” The Alfa Federation, a local pro-life group, was alerted to the case by a priest,  who offered to care for the child after its birth. The group appealed to the judge in the case for permission to name a guardian to represent the preborn child in court.  On Friday in Baja,  a small town in a rural southern Hungary, Judge Molnar ruled that “The fetus’s right to life is stronger than the future mother’s right to self-determination.”  The country’s abortion laws, established by the former communist government, allow for abortion with the approval of a government counselor, and, if the woman is a minor, parental approval.  The girl’s lawyer claims his client has satisfied both conditions. He is considering an appeal.