US EditionIceland’s minister for children quits after admitting she had a baby with a teenager 30 years ago
- Iceland's Minister for Children, Ŋsthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir, resigned after revealing she had a child with a teenager over 30 years ago.
- Thórsdóttir started her relationship with the boy when he was 15 and she was a 22-year-old counsellor at a religious group.
- Though she resigned, Thórsdóttir stated she has no plans to leave parliament.
- Thórsdóttir met the father, Eiríkur Ásmundsson, while working at the religious group Trú og líf.
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Icelandic Minister of Education and Children's Affairs Ásthildur Lóa Thrsdóttir resigned from her post after it was revealed that she had a child with a minor 35 years ago.Read more]]>
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LONDON — Iceland's president today accepted the resignation of the North Atlantic island nation's children's minister, who left the government due to a relationship she had with a teenager more than three decades ago.
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Iceland's minister for children quits after admitting she had a baby with a teenager 30 years ago
Iceland’s president on Sunday accepted the resignation of the North Atlantic island nation’s children’s minister, who quit the government over a relationship she had with a teenager more than three decades ago.
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