"Small wonder that the News of the World has compared the situation to Channel 4 drama Shameless - only with "the total absence of anything remotely funny".
b) The parents are even considering let them keep it.
They are kids ffs..
Seriously, it's things like this that make me believe everyone should be sterilised at birth and then have to pass psychological/means tests to prove they are capable and able to look after bringing a life in to the world with a minium age of 18 for having the op reversed. Jesus, it's the most important thing a human being can do and the world thinks it's ok for children to be doing it???
I love the fact the main emphasis is on the 13yo lad. She's only 15 herself but this is the UK, and clearly thats not a big deal, clearly it's tolerated. :P
a) You're not allowed an abortion before you're 16 without parental consent...
b) She didn't tell the parents till about 7 months in or something, by which time it's illegal to have an abortion without a really good reason.
Ok, the girl is the biggest matras of the town or even England. The Boy is one of the kids of a chav family seeing the ring he wears that allot of chav's wear. Ok typical poor family situation lolz
That's just BS.. There is no way that her parents wouldn't have noticed the bump on her a long time before 7 months. Plus, it was exactly the parents I was talking about when I said why on earth wasn't the pregnancy terminated. I think the law is just crazy if it even entertains the idea that a 14/15 year old girl has any rights when it comes to keeping a child. It's below the age of consent. By definition that means she isn't psychologically or emotionally mature enough to make the choice to even consent to sex in LAW, let alone being pregnant and giving birth !!!
Like I said, IMO kids under 16 should have no rights in this matter, (as that is the age that our society has picked, if it wants to amend it lower that's another argument). Pregnancies should be terminated as a matter of course under the age of consent as far as I'm concerned. In fact I think it should be enshrined in law that this happens. They're just kids, they need to be protected from themselves, and pissing their lives up the wall before it's even started is about as important as it gets in terms of protecting them from themselves as far as I'm concerned. To say nothing of the shit life the child is going to have.