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In reply to the discussion: "MY 12 year old is pregnant. FOR REAL."... [View all]Hekate
(100,133 posts)There is something about the prose that does not ring true. I find myself wanting to deconstruct the sentences, spelling, train of thought, motives.
Most of all, motive for coming here to DU to broach this topic. I don't get it. Of all places, DU. And we are being asked to provide medical and legal advice.
A pregnant 12 year old is at a very high risk for maternal and infant mortality. We know that. Anyone with any brains knows that. A 15 y.o. boy who seduces a 12 y.o. girl is skating on very thin ice legally himself -- he may be a minor, but she is not a teenager, she is a child in 6th grade. What's with that?
The story just does not smell right, and my warning sensors are going full blast. I think someone is trying to draw out DUers into saying things that can very easily be taken out of context and used against us.
Hekate
PS: I have seen a pregnant 12 year old, about 8 months along, and it is rather horrifying. She scarcely came up to her mother's shoulder. So I know it happens, but I was 21 when I saw that child and all I could think of was incest and molestation.