Message ID: brusp0$7rgsk$1@ID-202214.news.uni-berlin.de
I am writing because my 12-year-old daughter, "Dorothy," is pregnant for the second time. Due to our religion, we do not believe in birth control or abortion. We kept the first baby, but we're afraid if we keep the second, Dorothy will continue to have premarital sex.
Should we abort this one or let her have this baby too?
Please reply soon.
-- Concerned Parent In Texas
Dear Concerned:
Whether your 12-year-old daughter should carry her second child to term is not a decision I can, or should, make for you. Because of her tender age, there could be medical risks involved. Take your cues from her ob/gyn.
It should be clear by now that your daughter is, and will continue to be, sexually active.
Unless you intend to keep her under lock and key, she must be educated about sexually transmitted diseases and birth control.
Since you consider using birth control a sin, please consider that it's a bigger sin to bring children into this world if you cannot educate and support them emotionally and financially.
P.S. You haven't mentioned how old the father(s) of these babies is/are. If they are more than four years older than Dorothy, she could be a victim of statutory rape, and you should notify the police.
Your.
Daughter.
is.
12.
years.
old.
and.
this.
is.
her.
second.
child.
And she has idiots for parents.
This means that she was 11, possibly 10 years old, when she became pregnant the first time.
Is it really possible that you don't see the obscenity being committed here?
1. That a 10 year old had sex to begin with, and:
2. That you let her carry the first one to term. Furthermore:
3. That you are even considering letting her do so again and claiming religious grounds for it.
ATTENTION CPS in Texas - RED ALERT - RED ALERT!! There is a child being abused here, who is breeding more children who will be abused. This child should be removed from this environment immediately.
You know, in case you haven't figured it out - children do not spring forth fully formed from a religious tract. There is a father here somewhere. That you have not mentioned the father(s) of these children makes me seriously concerned - just too much unsaid.
Since Abby won't or can't say it - I will: Yes, get that poor child in to Planned Parenthood. I do side with my esteemed counterpart on this though - Dorothy isn't going to stop having sex, and she needs the knowledge to protect herself. And that should be painfully obvious even to religous lobotomites like you.
Childfree Abby - disgusted
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