Judge To Decide If Woman Should Be Forced To Have An Abortion

[dendawg]

Hopefully the parents of this poor woman will put aside their religious feelings and consider having their daughter's tubes tied, otherwise this may happen again. Not holding my breath though.

[Nyoibo]

You really can't--while a 12 or 13 year old may have the capability of getting pregnant, the possibilty of them having the mental maturity necessary, not to mention the biological ability to give birth without a LOT of bad things happening is much slimmer than that of an older woman.

We're talking about an intelectually disabled person with no where near the mental maturity.

[Duelist925]

We're talking about an intelectually disabled person with no where near the mental maturity.

I'm not saying she does have the mental maturity--but she DOES have the physical maturity necessary to carry to term and give birth with nowhere near the issues a 12-13 year old girl would have.

[siead_lietrathua]

physically, sure she can handle it. mentally is the problem. the hormones, her body changing, the discomfort. feeling something moving inside her body... might freak her the fuck out. if adults with full mental capacity can be made loco by pregnancy, she will have a hard time. my sis in law had the world's easiest pregnancy/labour and still was driven nuts.
many of us work retail, have kids, or know kids. how many 6 year olds that you've seen would be able to handle the constant medical treatments and restrictions that come with pregnancy. what if she threw a tantrum because they forced her on bedrest and ended up causing herself a miscarriage?

loss is hard, and loss of a child through abortion is hard. but having her keep the child is going to put her through months of discomfort if not outright pain, the pain of abdominal surgery with a minimum 6 week recovery... and she STILL loses the child to adoption. she will still go through every grieving process of losing a child.

i think it pisses me off because alot of the time, private adoption is the socially acceptable term for selling babies. she's not some brood mare. she's a mentally disabled woman who was incapable of understanding (if ever taught!) the consequences of sex.