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

[AGDee]

I'll be totally honest here. If my 10 year old was raped and became pregnant, I wouldn't even TELL her that she was pregnant. I'd tell her that the attacker did damage that required surgery, which isn't really a lie. Just as parents don't always tell kids that they are being tested for things like leukemia until they know results.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'll be totally honest here. If my 10 year old was raped and became pregnant, I wouldn't even TELL her that she was pregnant. I'd tell her that the attacker did damage that required surgery, which isn't really a lie. Just as parents don't always tell kids that they are being tested for things like leukemia until they know results.

You know what? I, personally, don't think I would handle it that way (because no one really knows what they'd do if they were faced with this) but I totally see why you would. I hadn't even thought of that through the course of this thread and I'm not sure if a surgeon would even do it, but that seems like a pretty darn good idea. There are some downsides to that, but there are so many upsides that I know I'd consider it pretty hard.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'll be totally honest here. If my 10 year old was raped and became pregnant, I wouldn't even TELL her that she was pregnant. I'd tell her that the attacker did damage that required surgery, which isn't really a lie. Just as parents don't always tell kids that they are being tested for things like leukemia until they know results.

Same here.

And I don't care whether or not it's a lie. Parents/adults lie to children for less important things.