Pregnent teenage girls

Kevin joyce

I live in a small enough town. Over the last year i know of 3 Jr cert age girls that have got pregnent, why is the state doing nothing about this except giving them welfare payments? Why are the Gardí not asserting the males that got these girls pregnent?

Lucozade man

Its a disgrace joe

alchemist33

Kevin joyce wrote: »

Why are the Gardí not asserting the males that got these girls pregnent?

It was asserting males that got them into this mess.

ninty9er

I'm fairly sure it's an asserting experience to feel wanted.

I'll get my coat.

Rented Mule

Which town is it that there are this many randy young wans ?

Zombrex

Kevin joyce wrote: »

I live in a small enough town. Over the last year i know of 3 Jr cert age girls that have got pregnent, why is the state doing nothing about this except giving them welfare payments? Why are the Gardí not asserting the males that got these girls pregnent?

can you explain how arresting them would help?

P. Breathnach

Wicknight wrote: »

can you explain how arresting them would help?

The trick is to arrest them before they do the deed.

Laminations

Asserting the males or ass hurting the males?

I'm not a big fan of pursuing kids for being kids but when the kids play adults then they should have to deal with the responsibilities of adults.

The men should be compelled by a court to pay maintenance. All fathers should be contributing to the cost of their children, either in person in the hand on traditional fathers role or through cold hard cash if they choose not to help raise their 'drunken mistakes'

RandolphEsq

+1 to poster above.

The men should be compelled to provide maintenance so the welfare to the mother can be reduced.

But really it is quite annoying the way women (and men, if they stick around) can have babies and then automatically get a nice welfare cheque as a result. I know it is entirely unrealistic, not to mention immoral, to enforce a policy where you can only have a child if you can afford it, but it does annoy me that any old slag can just have a kid and get free money.

Delancey

Long live free love

Daegerty

I used to know this one girl years ago who was up the pole and hid it very well

Then one day she disappeared into a horse stable of some relative for a few days and tried to push the baby out by herself unassisted, with the idea of killing it apparently. but someone found her there or the pushing didn't go well for her and she called for help. wonder how common this stuff is in Ireland.


What is the State supposed to do about these girls getting pregnant. It is a problem but I don't think there is much the state can do or that it is even their job to try

Heathen

Education!

Not the birds and the bees crap, but a proper graphic demonstration of how so many young people end up suffering so badly financially for the rest of their lives and miss out on opportunities over what could have easily prevented by proper knowledge.

Contraception should not have an age limit.. there is no point telling kids they are not allowed to have sex, they will.. we all did things we weren't allowed as kids, so we should be more realistic about it and face the facts that they are going to have sex no matter what we tell them, so we may as well educate them and stop burying our heads in the sand!

Im not condemning anyone who had kids at a young age at all because i know a few very close friends that did, and i know they would have wanted to wait a few years before the "surprise". But maybe shock advertising.. like the road death ads.. they would make people think! i would hope anyway...

Thoughts?

si_guru

This might be controversial.

The state happily gives these youngsters benefits after the birth of unplanned kids. Why not offer free contraception beforehand to try and prevent some it?

coffee_cake

si_guru wrote: »

This might be controversial.

The state happily gives these youngsters benefits after the birth of unplanned kids. Why not offer free contraception beforehand to try and prevent some it?

Don't be silly, that would be encouraging them!

Delancey

Eh , permission to ask a question ?

What has teenage promiscuity , sexual morality , contraception , etc have to do with Emergency Services ?

challengemaster

Delancey wrote: »

Eh , permission to ask a question ?

What has teenage promiscuity , sexual morality , contraception , etc have to do with Emergency Services ?

I assume it's to do with the Op's perception (or observation) that nothing is done about these cases of statutory rape by the gardaí

Shield

Delancey wrote: »

What has teenage promiscuity , sexual morality , contraception , etc have to do with Emergency Services ?

Absolutely nothing.

Thread closed.