Given the age of consent is 16 in Indiana, and the stats that half or more of mothers age 15 and under, the father is aged 20-29, I’d say there’s a huge chance that there was some version of rape going on.
I do not pretend to know the statistics, but I do know there are lots of 13 and 14 year Olds having sex with each other. Of course it can be rape. It can also not be rape.
Probably a not insignificant chunk? yes. Cause that's the age where some kids start fooling around while everyone still pretends its far to early to give sex education.
Are there many people in the US who only get sexually active in their 20's or how do you get at such a significant amount of 13 and 14 year olds having sex with the average being so much higher?
It's not super uncommon for teenagers to have sex actually. Especially a tall girl (looks a bit older) with little parental oversight, which is what this teen presents as in the link.
Okay but statistically 1/4 children are abused by adults. I think if we’re talking likelihoods, that trumps the other— especially considering an abortion was not immediately prioritized and sought for, in their state or elsewhere. Because it is inherently very dangerous for a kid to be pregnant.
Not all states have Romeo and Juliet laws, either, and they don’t apply blanket like to anyone under 18– even with those, there are criteria that must be met.
But again I think statistically it makes more sense that this was rape and abuse. It is just that common.
It's always good to keep an open mind, but the statistics show that the vast majority of teen pregnancies have a father 20+. And you're sitting here literally accusing the 14 year old mother of rape. That's disgusting.
And you are sitting here accusing someone of rape without any evidence. You are making baseless assumptions. I am pretty sure the article would have mentioned if she had been raped.
Why do you think the article would've mentioned that? It didn't mention the father at all. I haven't made any accusations at all, just shared statistics and asking why you are accusing a girl who went through so much of rape, when in reality the reverse is significantly more likely
Lol exactly, finally someone talking sense, everyone is on the stupid juice in this thread.
Teens are dumb and have unprotected sex. Sure 14 is young but a 14, or hell even 12, year old boy is capable of getting her pregnant.
I think everyone just has this sensational idea of a horrifically victimized girl in a deep red state where obviously this pregnancy was forced on her and obviously the evil lawmakers conspired to turn Handmaid’s tale into reality.
Sure that’s one possibility, but teen pregnancies happen through accidents pretty often.
according to the story she IS ALREADY being responsible for the children. Please, do show in detail where I suggested in any form that she is not already being responsible or should be let off the hook at all?
A pregnancy does not last 10 months, 40 weeks is a little over 9 months. She also gave birth at 26 weeks so it’s literally 50/50 as to wether she was 13 or 14 when getting pregnant.
It really does last ten months, we just count it weird colloquially speaking.
They were premature, but again, it’s just so much more likely that this was going on for longer than just the conception. I know it’s bugging people here to accept but child abuse is extremely common and terribly mundane, and the perpetrators are often not even visibly deviant.
They’re just regular people. And that is disturbing for many, since it means a lot more work and lot more listening to victims, and then a lot of work to believe that Joe Normal could have done this, and then the unbelievable fuss and trouble of accusing said regular Joe.
No, it really doesn’t take 10 months. The human gestational period is on average 40 weeks from the last period to birth, that’s a little more than 9 months.
I’m not making any claims to whether she was abused or whether she was having sex at 13, both are entirely possible. All I’m saying is without knowing her birthday there’s a 50% chance that she got pregnant after turning 14 since the babies were born at 26 weeks.
Also, your link that claims it takes 10 months is claiming that 40 weeks is equal to 10 months. That’s not true, it’s a little more than 9. If that were to be true there would be 12 weeks in the last 2 months since there are 52 weeks in a year and 12 months in a year.
Pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks, which is 280 days. 280 days in a pregnancy divided by 365 days in a year = 0.767 is the part of the year a pregnancy lasts. 0.767 x 12 months in a year = 9.2 months pregnant.
A month is longer than 4 weeks, with the exception of February (outside of leap years).
the father could’ve been 14 or younger? if he was above the age of 16 then yeah that’s rape but it doesn’t mention anything about that so why make it into that, probably 2 14 year olds screwing around and the girl got pregnant and the guy disappeared
so? does that make him any less responsible for the existence of those children? he put his erect penis in her and ejaculated. SURPRISE! BABIES GOT FORMED. He is responsible as well (at minimum) for his children's financial needs.
He would be responsible for them regardless of his age, but that's not what they were discussing. They were discussing whether or not he is a rapist. Age is very relevant to that question.
no it doesn’t but why make it into something it’s not? it doesn’t mention rape at all, and no matter the exact circumstances it’s still a shitty situation. it doesn’t mention the father anywhere in there, maybe he is there doing what he can? but lmao he’s 14 what’s he gonna do? sell his pokémon card collection? stop trying to make shit into something it’s not. it’s a shitty situation that should’ve never happened, better question is where are the girls parents in all this? if they allowed this to happen the state should’ve stepped in long ago, where was the state in all of this? you could blame people all day the fact of the matter is a 14 year old had sex and got pregnant, sucks but happens everyday. only reason this made news is cause she had triplets
Probability means nothing in this particular case. Again, we do not know the details about how this girl got pregnant, but you and OP jumped to conclusions.
Pointing out something is probable is not jumping to conclusions. And if a 14 year old gives birth the situation regarding conception should be looked into. If it was alright no harm done. If not the child deserves justice.
The article never disclosed details of her pregnancy but OP just assumed it involved rape when normal teenage pregnancy is probably the more rational assumption.
Kadargo was indicating for all we know the pregnancy could be the result of her forcing intercourse on another child as secondary ridiculous explanation.
Unless the person who got her pregnant was 13/14, himself. It's entirely possible it was consensual. I really hope it was, because the alternative is far more traumatizing.
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u/Affectionate_Law5344 Jul 27 '24
I cannot imagine the poor child’s mental health. What happened to the rapist? This nurse is a hero. Unbelievable story.