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Pregnant at 11 years old
News.com.au ^ | 7/23/02 | JEN KELLY

Posted on 07/23/2002 10:45:52 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton

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To: PBRSTREETGANG
A buddy of mine works at Parkland hosipital Dallas in the labor and delivery area. He has seen 10 and 11 year olds give birth. He also told me he has run across women in their early 20's who are grandmothers.
21 posted on 07/24/2002 6:14:33 AM PDT by Fellow Traveler
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To: Andy from Beaverton
Hundreds of Australian girls and boys aged 15 and younger are becoming parents every year

Looks like there's a lot going on down under.

22 posted on 07/24/2002 6:15:08 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: goodieD
Well if you take shotguns away from fathers, then what do you expect?

Then again the left wants to take away the fathers too. (sigh) :(
23 posted on 07/24/2002 8:54:23 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: FreedomFriend
***By sanctioning sex before marriage, we will prevent fear and guilt.***

Planned Parenthood News...........1953

24 posted on 07/24/2002 9:11:45 AM PDT by homeschool mama
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To: Vidalia
"...Where was Bill Clinton..."

#42 has been to Britian and Australia at least 10 times in the last 18 months.At least we now have a better understanding as to 'why'.Since the Secret Service knew about the Ms. what-ever-her-name was,when she was visiting the W.H., god only knows what they have to deal with out on these 'world-wide road trips'.

25 posted on 07/24/2002 10:57:19 AM PDT by Pagey
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To: Andy from Beaverton
Are these 11 year old girls Anglos or Aboriginies? Just curious...
26 posted on 07/24/2002 10:59:50 AM PDT by TamiPie
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To: anymouse
amen!
27 posted on 07/24/2002 11:08:18 AM PDT by goodieD
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To: krb
we concluded that you have to pee inside the woman to make a baby

You mean, you mean you don't....wait a minute here....oh forget it; I'll just move on.

28 posted on 07/24/2002 11:11:03 AM PDT by ErnBatavia
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
Ushers in the possibility of the 22 year old grandmother.

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29 posted on 07/24/2002 11:14:01 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Pagey
x42 visits Australia and Ireland more than any other foreign countries. I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation ...
30 posted on 07/24/2002 11:17:37 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Andy from Beaverton
Pregnant at 11 years old

Crickey!

31 posted on 07/24/2002 11:18:44 AM PDT by Redcloak
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To: krb
Well, once the girl is impregnated, the baby has to come out of her, you see. (Sheesh!) Does any one here honestly think an eleven year old can knowingly consent to sex? Get real. This is rape. Does anyone here really think that the subject would not be considered by teens but for dreaded "Sex Education"? You think teens are going to discuss baseball scores and Bible verses instead?
32 posted on 07/24/2002 11:19:03 AM PDT by frodolives
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To: Motherbear
For instance, there was a time when girls were all herded into a classroom during gym time where they learned about their changing bodies, menstrual cycle, how pregnancy occurred, etc. Boys got their version. This is a good thing, imo.

You and I both know that there is precious little learning going on in sex education venues such as this. I remember them as horrendous embarrassment and giggling sessions surrounded by a room full of people who felt the same way. Nobody paid attention, and NOBODY was going to ask a serious question for fear of being laughed at. Sexual education to me is a private thing that, if the parents don't have the balls to teach their kids, the schools should do it in a private way that encourages students to ask questions and acquire genuine knowledge.

34 posted on 07/24/2002 1:30:12 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Andy from Beaverton
There are three main things I attribute to young pregnancy.

1)Only in the last 125 years of 6000 years of human history do we assume teenagers (14+ shouldn't have kids). God immaculately impregnated Mary at an estimated age of around 14 1/2.
2)With the knowledge that everytime one gets pregnant, they can run right down to the welfare office and sign up for Medicaid, their is no financial incentive for parents, who otherwise would be responsible for their minor child's medical bills, to watch when and where their children are going. Notice that in countries with socialized medicine, that teenage pregnancy runs rampant?
3)Parents must watch what is being taught to their kids in school, movies, TV, and music.

36 posted on 07/24/2002 2:05:18 PM PDT by rodeocowboy
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To: FreedomFriend
Regarding popular culture, I've argued for the enforcement of obscenity laws. However, some have argued that the market must weed it out. As it now stands, the market is not going to weed it out because the public is not offered enough quality, wholesome programming.

Yeah, so we must use more tax money to provide wholesome programming. /sarcasm

Obscenity laws are stupid. Especially now that every TV made since the 90's is equipped with filters, locks, and limits for parents. Maybe parents need to start taking responsibility for their kids.

Your ideas contradict your nickname, FreedomFriend.

37 posted on 07/24/2002 2:11:35 PM PDT by rodeocowboy
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
I worked with a 28-year-old grandmother.
38 posted on 07/24/2002 5:33:20 PM PDT by ladylib
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To: rodeocowboy
So blatant cursing, sexual innuendos, mild nudity, and violence on network television is appropriate?

You must realize that it will only continue to get worse. My point was keeping it relegated to post 10 or 11pm. Furthermore, it's on nearly every channel. You might as well throw out your tv, for with the exceptions of TV Land, Animal Planet and a few other networks, you're going to find some garbage.

I don't think that you've figured it out.

39 posted on 07/24/2002 6:35:58 PM PDT by FreedomFriend
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To: rodeocowboy
1)Only in the last 125 years of 6000 years of human history do we assume teenagers (14+ shouldn't have kids)

Yep. Married by thirteen and your first kid by fourteen was the way it used to be. Usually dead by 25 too. There is a letter from the 1300 where a husband complains about his wife bringing her dolls to bed, she was 11. From the first menstruation a girl was expected to be a woman.

You had lots of kid early on or you might end up with no surviving decedents. Most pregnancies ended in miscarriages or still births. You had less then a fifty- percent chance of seeing your third birthday. A one in five chance of making it to twenty. Now days we recoil in horror but life was nasty brutish and short then.

Ah, the good old days, NOT!

a.cricket

40 posted on 07/24/2002 6:56:00 PM PDT by another cricket
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