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MineralMan

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36. We should not be surprised when young teens who

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:02 PM

Oct 2024

don't live in a situation where there is good, close parental supervision get pregnant. What we should do is be appalled that there is no support for youngsters who find themselves in that situation. That is where we are failing that girl. Getting pregnant is easy. Dealing with it is hard.

Plus, even kids with good, close parental supervision get pregnant sometimes. We need to deal with realities and help kids who need help. Wringing our hands over them getting pregnant isn't helping. They need real help with dealing with what is actually happening.

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A young teen gives birth. Idaho's parental consent law snags her care. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 OP

What if it's the father or stepfather that is responsible for the pregnancy. How does she get his permission? Walleye Oct 2024 #1

evidently, it was a boyfriend. cab67 Oct 2024 #28

No. Resolve the doctor's inability to treat . Make them part of the lindysalsagal Oct 2024 #32

Hell, sue them for practicing medicine without a license Walleye Oct 2024 #35

I was referring to the sperm donor. cab67 Oct 2024 #39

Ehy should doctors stay in that state? Johonny Oct 2024 #2

Many already have Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #4

Perinatologists are actually high risk Obstetrics docs. evolves Oct 2024 #11

They made abortion a political issue to accomplish this. BadgerMom Oct 2024 #17

I haven't heard the outcome of this pregnancy, Lars39 Oct 2024 #12

If I was the husband, cab67 Oct 2024 #40

Thing is, you get so far along and they advise not to fly. Lars39 Oct 2024 #44

Understood. cab67 Oct 2024 #47

Parts of Montana are okay Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #50

I don't know where in Montana they were going. Lars39 Oct 2024 #52

What you said, Delphinus Oct 2024 #53

Outside of the idiocy of how this situation was handled, I'd like to know who the father is. patphil Oct 2024 #3

the father is also a teen IzzaNuDay Oct 2024 #20

Oh brother... calimary Oct 2024 #24

No Teens at all IbogaProject Oct 2024 #34

She's spent her whole life in poverty. cab67 Oct 2024 #41

This is what the GQP want: evolves Oct 2024 #45

He's a teenager also. Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #21

Docs should call the legislators to the ER and make them resolve it. lindysalsagal Oct 2024 #5

My idea moonshinegnomie Oct 2024 #22

She is living in a world where grandmas in jail and being passed from house to house is normal. Maru Kitteh Oct 2024 #6

Republicans refuse to believe these kinds of families exist. They prefer their red state colored glasses. Walleye Oct 2024 #37

Horror story! surfered Oct 2024 #7

"American Horror Story" is more like it... birdographer Oct 2024 #8

No kidding! calimary Oct 2024 #25

Isn't there some oath that doctors take to "First, do no harm"? Beaverhausen Oct 2024 #9

The problem is, evolves Oct 2024 #13

Do you really think a jury would convict a physician who helped her? Beaverhausen Oct 2024 #46

The trial might bankrupt the MD drmeow Oct 2024 #49

As a physician, I don't want to choose between evolves Oct 2024 #54

A pregnant 13 yo? jfz9580m Oct 2024 #10

36 weeks pregnant, at that. LisaM Oct 2024 #16

Yeah seriously jfz9580m Oct 2024 #48

More to the point, what kind of parents valleyrogue Oct 2024 #55

Good point jfz9580m Oct 2024 #56

This is so sad. If the "powers that be" dictate a 13-year old must have a baby, then they need to pass iluvtennis Oct 2024 #14

Republicans want to shrink the government markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #15

Republicans want to shrink the government Nasruddin Oct 2024 #18

And THIS ONE's a good one, too! calimary Oct 2024 #43

That's a GOOD one. calimary Oct 2024 #42

The people who claim to be "Family First" have grown savage and grotesque in their Ping Tung Oct 2024 #19

About the baby's father .... Shoonra Oct 2024 #23

Someone should present the situation to JD Vance and ask him what we should do about it Walleye Oct 2024 #38

Just read an article about GOP Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #26

a picture of a baby's hand holding aleah's finger (at the wapo link) orleans Oct 2024 #27

That is not only crazy Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #51

Idaho is in a terrible drought... Fiddlelady11 Oct 2024 #29

Very sad situation all around. cab67 Oct 2024 #30

This is so appallingly sad. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #31

From Governor Tim Walz last week in Pittsburgh Botany Oct 2024 #33

We should not be surprised when young teens who MineralMan Oct 2024 #36