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Originally Posted by christiangirl
No one but this girl knows which would cause her more psychological pain. Honestly, different people have different breaking points and only she would know which situation would leave her worse off emotionally (and she may not even know till she's older and it's too late).
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The girl doesn't know that. Adults can't predict their mental and emotional well-being so a 10 year old darn sure can't.
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Originally Posted by christiangirl
ETA: On that note, I wonder if anyone's asked the girl what she wants to do. If she voiced a decision, would anyone go with her wish (whatever it was) or just point out that she's 10 and "doesn't understand the consequences?"
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As far as I'm concerned, she is below the age of consent for sex and below the age of decision making capacity. Societies can't have it both ways. You can't tell children that they are children and then give them life altering decisions to make where their choices will be the end-all that can't be overridden by the adult decision makers.
The adults should do what they think is the right decision (hopefully, abortion) and get her into counseling until she's 100 years old.