A Teva-funded study tracked 11- to 17-year-olds who came to clinics seeking emergency contraception.
Eleven? ELEVEN? I think we need to get to the root of the problem of why 11 year old's are having sex... and how about 12, 13, and maybe even 14?! Eleven year old's are still supposed to be playing with dolls!
(Yes, I do realize that some of those could have been rape victims, but I'm doubting all of them are.)
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Eleven is truly shocking, and I would consider ANY 11-year-old as having been raped if she's engaging in sex. How in the world could an 11 yo have the intellectual capacity to make a informed decision about having sex and come to the conclusion that it would be ok? She would need to be seduced in some way to consent. It makes one wonder what the magic age is when a woman is making a sensible decision about having sex and the consequences in terms of pregnancy (and her realistic ability to both give birth safely and raise the child), avoiding sexually transmitted diseases, and being psychologically capable of maintaining a healthy relationship with the father. When are women mature enough to be good mothers?
On the one hand, given that the pregnancy has already occurred, I worry a great deal about the consequences of a child not being raised with love and appropriate care by a mother and father who did not plan for even the possibility of raising a child. For example, child abusers were often abused as children, and continue the pattern of behavior with their children.
We should be both giving the morning after pill to any female of any age, and automatically putting putting any girl under the age of 17 into a social service system that would investigate why she's having sex and get her out of that highly inappropriate situation. Don't let her go back to the environment where she'll be a victim yet again. The MAP should be a red flag. But at the very least it would avoid the sad scenario of a child being raised in a mentally and physically abusive home environment.
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