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Originally Posted by Raptor226
Here's a question: If the girl was legally too young to even be sexually active (which she is as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong), then why not force her to at least have the child to show her that there are consequences for disobeying the law? If she doesn't want the child, they can always put him up for adoption.
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I don't see how this would solve anything. Yes, she's too young. Yes, she should have some consequences for her actions. But I'm pretty sure that going through the trauma of an abortion is punishment enough. Hopefully, the baby would be adopted. But there's just as much chance that it would be the ward of the state because she wasn't able to care for it, just like her parents couldn't care for her.
That doesn't help anyone, least of all the 13 year old girl. Pregnancy is dangerous for someone so young and undeveloped. Would it have been better had she never gotten pregnant? Of course, but that's not what we're talking about here. Whatever your personal beliefs, we have CHOICE as law - forcing any female, 13 or not, to either have an abortion or carry to term is completely the antithesis of that judgement.