10-year-old's pregnancy fuels Mexican abortion debate

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

So, y'all are saying that it is OK to abort the pregnancy because, "welp, the pregnancy and labor are going to suck for this girl so lets just murder the baby so she doesn't have to suffer." You can't justify murder. The girl's body will heal. The baby will bless an adoptive family. The girl will heal from giving birth. But will her heart heal from murdering her baby?

The girl's body may NOT heal. The girl could die in child birth. The child is not fully developed and therefore could retain permanent damage from having a child.

For those saying that it is "common" for children to have babies at this age in other cultures, I beg to differ. The average age of menarche is 12 in the US and slightly lower in some other countries, but higher in most (as high as 17 in China). It really isn't biologically possible for it to be "common", although "more accepted" may be true.

[VandalSquirrel]

I'm not an expert on the laws of Mexico, let alone incest laws anywhere, but in many places, it does include relatives who are not blood related, specifically step relatives. Regardless this is child abuse/rape.

If this is a gift from God, I wish that there could be a replacement gift of a miscarriage that leaves this little girl's body healthy so she can receive a new gift later when in a loving and stable relationship. Yeah, I'm blashmephous, and I own it.