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

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

LOL

I agree with AOII Angel. There is no good outcome for this little girl, no matter which way the pendulum swings.

I could swear I saw an interview with a 10yo from Egypt who had given birth a couple years ago so I Wiki'd it. Couldn't find her, but there's a lot more. The youngest mother was age 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._birth_mothers

/factoftheday

to the power of nine million

I'm not even going to click on that. That really is the wrongest thing I've hear in a while. 5!? How is that even posible?

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

How is that even posible?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocious_puberty It happens to boys, too btw.

Since we're on the subject, it seems to be normal in Bulgaria, too: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...r_wedding.html. Now, THAT'S a sad story.

In regard to having babies young (not talking about conset right now, but the practice in general), how did something so horrifying become so common? Or is it just horrifying to us because we've made it uncommon?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Since we're on the subject, it seems to be normal in Bulgaria, too: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...r_wedding.html. Now, THAT'S a sad story.

Yes and No. She's a gypsy, not a Bulgarian.

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I know, I was referring to the part of the article where the grandmother said it's normal for their girls (in Bulgaria) to have babies young--she just didn't want that for her granddaughter.

No it's not normal for Bulgarians, but is for gypsies. Even when my grandmother lived there, it was unusual to have children before 16. And that was 100 years ago.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocious_puberty It happens to boys, too btw.

Since we're on the subject, it seems to be normal in Bulgaria, too: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...r_wedding.html. Now, THAT'S a sad story.

In regard to having babies young (not talking about conset right now, but the practice in general), how did something so horrifying become so common? Or is it just horrifying to us because we've made it uncommon?

Is IS horrifying. Just the other day there was a story all over the news about a 13-year-old girl in Yemen who died after having sex with her (much) older husband shortly after they were married: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/...en_child_bride

Then there's this: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5307092.shtml

And this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7351336.stm

Just because it happens doesn't make it right.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Is IS horrifying. Just the other day there was a story all over the news about a 13-year-old girl in Yemen who died after having sex with her (much) older husband shortly after they were married: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/...en_child_bride

You should correctly identify it. She bled to death after being tied up and raped by her husband. It isn't that she was a too young wife having sex with a much older man.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You should correctly identify it. She bled to death after being tied up and raped by her husband. It isn't that she was a too young wife having sex with a much older man.

She died of internal bleeding, and she's not the only girl that has happened to. My point was that girls that young - even if they've technically reached puberty - have bodies that are still maturing and not necessarily fully capable of handling sex, let alone a pregnancy and birth.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

She died of internal bleeding, and she's not the only girl that has happened to. My point was that girls that young - even if they've technically reached puberty - have bodies that are still maturing and not necessarily fully capable of handling sex, let alone a pregnancy and birth.

More importantly, she was tied up and raped and that goes waaaaaay beyond body maturity.