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Sisters give birth at 12, 14, 16
BBC ^ | 05/23/2005 | BBC

Posted on 05/23/2005 12:04:01 PM PDT by Truthsayer20

Sisters give birth at 12, 14, 16

Three schoolgirl sisters have given birth aged 12, 14 and 16.

The Williams sisters, who live with their mother in a council house in Derby, feature in a BBC3 documentary called Desperate Midwives.

Natasha, the oldest, Jade and Jemma, the youngest, are reported to receive £600 a week in benefits.

Their mother Julie Atkins, 38, who said the girls were too young and had ruined their lives, blamed schools for providing poor quality sex education.

Mother defiant

Jemma was first to give birth, to T-Jay in February last year, and weeks later Jade and Natasha discovered they were pregnant.

Natasha had daughter Amani in November and Jade followed with Lita in December. The younger sisters are still at school.

Mrs Atkins told the Sunday Mercury: "I don't care what people say about me. I blame the schools - sex education for young girls should be better."

The sisters feature in the BBC3 series Desperate Midwives: The real truth about childbirth, starting from 9pm on Monday.

Episode seven follows a midwife from the Derby City hospital as she helps the family prepare for the third child.

No going back

Mrs Atkins told the Sun that she still found it difficult to believe what had happened.

"They are still little girls and now they have babies of their own," she said. "But I don't care what people say, I love my kids and I'm here to help them.

"If I could turn back the clock, I would prefer them not to have children. Their education is so important."

Two of the girls are no longer in contact with their children's fathers.

Jemma is quoted in the Sun as saying: "I only told my boyfriend David, who was 14 at the time, but I didn't want to have an abortion.

"He was my first love but now I'm gutted because he doesn't want to have anything to do with me or T-Jay."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: educationnews; momsboyfriend; sluts; students; teenpregnancy; welfarestate
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Natasha, the oldest, Jade and Jemma, the youngest, are reported to receive £600 a week in benefits.

1000 USD in benefits? Talk about subsidizing irresponsible behavior.

Mrs Atkins told the Sunday Mercury: "I don't care what people say about me. I blame the schools - sex education for young girls should be better."

That's right. It's the school's fault that you are not able to keep you daughters under control.

T-Jay, Amani and Lita

No comment.

Two of the girls are no longer in contact with their children's fathers.

There's a big suprise.

1 posted on 05/23/2005 12:04:03 PM PDT by Truthsayer20
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To: Truthsayer20
They are married to the Government.
They have to find their sex elsewhere.
Only the tax payers have sex with the government, they get scr_wed.
2 posted on 05/23/2005 12:07:04 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." AYN RAND)
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To: Truthsayer20

I'm just happy none of them "decided" to have an abortion, that is probably more irresponsible than bringing the babies to term.


3 posted on 05/23/2005 12:07:08 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Don't hate me because I'm a player)
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To: Truthsayer20

12, 14, 16, 18,
The Williams sisters aren't waiting...


4 posted on 05/23/2005 12:08:10 PM PDT by mikrofon (Rhythm Method)
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To: Truthsayer20
Two of the girls are no longer in contact with their children's fathers.

Remove the Father and Big-Brother takes over.

5 posted on 05/23/2005 12:08:16 PM PDT by The SISU kid (Defiantly coloring outside the lines since 1964)
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To: Truthsayer20

Somewhere I read that the UK has a big problem with very young girls having babies.


6 posted on 05/23/2005 12:10:53 PM PDT by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: Truthsayer20
T-Jay? T-JAY???? What the...?

Oh, and isn't it quaint how the school gets blamed. Hey mom, try a little PARENTING, YOU IDIOT!

7 posted on 05/23/2005 12:11:19 PM PDT by Romish_Papist (The times are out of step with the Catholic Church. God Bless Pope Benedict XVI.)
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To: Truthsayer20

***...I'm here to help them.***

"Well, sure..." she went on to say, "... I may not have 'been there' for them then, when they needed my help, but now, now I'm really here."

Mrs Atkins, last seen headed to the bank with her youngest daughter, was heard to say, "Oh yes, I'm really here to help them now...".


8 posted on 05/23/2005 12:12:50 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Truthsayer20
Coming soon to a US city near you...
9 posted on 05/23/2005 12:14:05 PM PDT by raivyn (ATTENTION: My /sarcasm is broken - please don't take ANYTHING I say personally!)
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To: A Ruckus of Dogs

They have had this problem for a long time. The govt. subsidies are fantastic. They will pay for your apartment and give you money for food & bills. It is free ride. I used to date a man from London & his sister got preganant at 16 so she could move out & get away from the mom (the dad had left them years before). The cycle continues.


10 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:06 PM PDT by Feiny ( I hate the very sight of liquor, which is why I hide it in my stomach.)
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To: Truthsayer20

Natasha, Jemma and Jade Williams
with children Amani, T-Jay and Lita

11 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:22 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: feinswinesuksass

Damn, I should learn to type. Apologies for my typos!!!


12 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:48 PM PDT by Feiny ( I hate the very sight of liquor, which is why I hide it in my stomach.)
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To: Truthsayer20
Their mother Julie Atkins, 38, who said the girls were too young and had ruined their lives, blamed schools for providing poor quality sex education.

Nope, nothing to do with poor parenting.

13 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:49 PM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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To: Truthsayer20

The mother is a product of life long socialist indoctrination...this is what happens when nanny-state socialism infects society.

Did you see the pic of the girls? They look so much older then their ages! (and they are all overweight)


14 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:50 PM PDT by FeliciaCat (I like my money where I can see it...hanging in my closet.)
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To: Truthsayer20
Very, very sad. Why was only the mother quoted? Where is the girl's father?

How sad is it that the girl's mother blames the school. Who is the parent? Who is responsible for the values and education of their children? The gubmint'?

One can almost understand one of these girls becoming pregnant as a mistake in personal judgment, but all three girls! Girls who are 16, 14, and 12? This is more than a lapse in personal judgment, or somehow the fault of the school. I would be curious to see the bacjkground of this "mother" explored a bit more in detail.
15 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:55 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Truthsayer20
Two of the girls are no longer in contact with their children's fathers.

That never happens!

16 posted on 05/23/2005 12:15:58 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Proud infidel since 1970.)
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To: The SISU kid
Exactly.

"Their mother Julie Atkins, 38 ..., blamed schools for providing poor quality sex education."

Somewhere Howard and Hilly are licking their lips at the thought that the thought that American voters will become that stupid.

17 posted on 05/23/2005 12:16:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Dumb, dumber and dumberer.


18 posted on 05/23/2005 12:16:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: TattooedUSAFConservative

Poor kid. That's what happens when your mother is a 12 year old and gets to name you.


19 posted on 05/23/2005 12:17:23 PM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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To: Truthsayer20
Mrs Atkins told the Sunday Mercury: "I don't care what people say about me. I blame the schools - sex education for young girls should be better."

Sounds to me like sex ed did what it was supposed to do: Taught the little skeezers how to do the deed. If she didn't want them screwing around, she should have kept a tighter rein on them. Sounds like a mother from the north side of a city I know only too well....

20 posted on 05/23/2005 12:18:01 PM PDT by Bombardier (Let 'er buck!)
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To: Truthsayer20

Not once is the fathers of these girls mentioned...very telling.


21 posted on 05/23/2005 12:18:50 PM PDT by FeliciaCat (I like my money where I can see it...hanging in my closet.)
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To: Truthsayer20
Jemma was first to give birth, to T-Jay...

In twenty years, at his trial, the people stand around and whisper, "He never had a chance..."

22 posted on 05/23/2005 12:20:09 PM PDT by randog (What the....?!)
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There's just been an interview with the girls and their mother on the ITN News. Same old line - it's nothing to do with the (single) mother, it's all the school's and the government's fault for not educating them.

I can only presume that these three girls are the only three in the country that don't read any of the countless teen magazines on sale. These weeklies, aimed at 13-16 year-olds (and read by much younger) regularly contain explicit advice on contraception, alongside articles about the best way to French Kiss and, believe it or not, "The Truth About Blow-Jobs." (I have four teenage nieces, and their reading matter rarely fails to shock me).

Turns out the oldest has already had two miscarriages and an abortion too. Clearly all Tony Blair's doing.


23 posted on 05/23/2005 12:20:41 PM PDT by Glyndwr4Cymru
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To: Truthsayer20

...Their mother Julie Atkins, 38, who said the girls were too young and had ruined their lives, ...
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This is liberalism at its best. A single mother who obviously couldn't raise three children then blame it on society. Get them hooked on gov't aid early and often. This is truly sad.


24 posted on 05/23/2005 12:21:07 PM PDT by downtoliberalism ("A coalition partner must do more than just express sympathy, a coalition partner must perform,")
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To: BenLurkin

Jade bears a resemblance to either Alfred E. Neuman or Tony Blair.


25 posted on 05/23/2005 12:23:09 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Here's a quarter each girls. It's simple, just keep one tightly held between your knees next time.

Nam Vet

26 posted on 05/23/2005 12:23:53 PM PDT by Nam Vet (MSM reporters think the MOIST dream they had the night before is a "reliable source".)
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To: Truthsayer20

Irresponsible and despicable on the mother's part, and the government is enabling her and her daughters.

This makes me furious.

Exactly what does everyone think is going to happen to these children? They'll have their own children, and the breeding goes on, thanks to the government, the mom, and the daughters. Abortion as soon as possible! -

If it happens again, sterilization is an option.

let the flaming begin.


27 posted on 05/23/2005 12:25:10 PM PDT by peacebaby (I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
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To: Truthsayer20
Their mother ...blamed schools for providing poor quality sex education.

The 12-year old had a baby in February. The 16-year old had her baby in November and the fun in Febrary. The 14-year old had her baby in December and the fun in march.

She might be able to get away with blaming the school for the 12-year old not knowing where babies come from, but it sounds like the 16- and 14-year olds knew the procedure pretty well even if no one else brought out the instructional manual.

28 posted on 05/23/2005 12:25:30 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Relying on government for your retirement is like playing Russian roulette with an semi auto pistol.)
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To: FeliciaCat

It's true. Maybe the little mommies have learned by example. Maybe they are merely emulating their own mom. but paying them is not going to teach them anything. Nothing at all!


29 posted on 05/23/2005 12:25:31 PM PDT by Froufrou (Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
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To: Truthsayer20

"There's a big suprise."



Here's another:

3 teenage pregnancies - 0 abortions.


30 posted on 05/23/2005 12:26:32 PM PDT by Blzbba (Let them hate us as long as they fear us - Caligula)
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Mrs Atkins told the Sunday Mercury: "I don't care what people say about me. I blame the schools - sex education for young girls should be better."

You woman, are an idiot. It's not up to schools to teach your children sex ed. That is your flippin' job. And, by the way, you FAILED miserably.

31 posted on 05/23/2005 12:26:51 PM PDT by b4its2late (It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.)
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To: Froufrou

Wouldn't surprise me if their mother is a barfly whore and all three of the girls themselves have different dads.


32 posted on 05/23/2005 12:28:22 PM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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To: Obadiah

Considering the generious benefits the British welfare state pays out. I woul not be surprised it these and more girl deliberately get knocked up to go on the dole.


33 posted on 05/23/2005 12:28:57 PM PDT by TXBSAFH (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, who's bringing the chips?)
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To: Blzbba

And who's going to teach the babies of the teenagers to abstain? It's a vicious cycle, which could be stopped.


34 posted on 05/23/2005 12:29:58 PM PDT by peacebaby (I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
#33..but think of all the folks waiting, waiting, waiting to adopt....

If these girls and their mom can't handle the responsibility of parenthood....

..for mercy sakes, let a loving, childless couple adopt them!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh wait!....then they wouldn't get the money...eh.

35 posted on 05/23/2005 12:33:14 PM PDT by Guenevere (Sola Gratia)
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To: Truthsayer20

Alex I'll take Future NBA player extended families for $200.


36 posted on 05/23/2005 12:34:16 PM PDT by kinghorse
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To: peacebaby
A single payment of say $1,000 and a free sterilization is a great idea.

It is the only realistic way to end poverty in an age of subsidized illegitimacy.
37 posted on 05/23/2005 12:34:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Truthsayer20
As a direct result of its socialist, cradle-to-grave nanny state, Englad has created a huge and growing underclass of people like this family. Its members have no incentive to get jobs, finish school, or improve themselves in any other way--why bother when the govt pays you well to be a leech?

The police rarely arrest people who are violent, because the prevailing liberal orthodoxy is that criminal behavior is the result of emotional disturbance, and therefore no criminal can be blamed for his/her actions.

England is now the burglary capital of the world, because the burglars can rob with impunity. Violence against women and children is epidemic, and many underclass women move from violent abuser to violent abuser, rarely willing to examine their own lifestyles and stop being enablers.

The occasional child who wants to finish his education and escape the underclass faces barriers at every turn, from classmates who beat him up for wanting to be different, to govt agencies who have endless money and programs for criminals but none for people struggling to better themselves.

The British physician Theodore Dalrymple's great book, "Life at the Bottom", documents this horrendous problem in detail.

38 posted on 05/23/2005 12:34:54 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: Blzbba

You can't make $1000 a week by having abortions, silly. This is raising bastards for fun and profit, and the nanny state will doubtless get to take care of all of them for the rest of their lives. Some will stay on welfare. Others will be in prison. England is a doomed society.


39 posted on 05/23/2005 12:35:11 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: RockinRight

I was a welfare worker for five years. What you say is compelling. And it compelled me to get the flock outa there!


40 posted on 05/23/2005 12:35:48 PM PDT by Froufrou (Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
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To: RockinRight

I was a welfare worker for five years. What you say is compelling. And it compelled me to get the flock outa there!


41 posted on 05/23/2005 12:35:50 PM PDT by Froufrou (Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
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To: TXBSAFH

Yep...my wife is from Manchester and every one of her friends still there is single with one or more kids (if multiple kids, almost invariably from multiple fathers) living in council (i.e. public-funded) housing...which, my wife tells me, you qualify for by having a child out of wedlock

My wife left England just for that reason...a bunch of young women with no goals in life other than to get pregnant whereupon you get your very own council house (well...not really your own...but you get to pretend it is)


42 posted on 05/23/2005 12:36:06 PM PDT by Irontank (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under)
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To: mikrofon

Talk about spawning!


43 posted on 05/23/2005 12:36:23 PM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: Truthsayer20
poor quality sex education

Sounds to me like all three of them learned quite a bit, actually.

44 posted on 05/23/2005 12:36:55 PM PDT by jtminton (The E.P.A.: Bringing you higher gas prices since 1970!)
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To: Truthsayer20
Mrs Atkins told the Sunday Mercury: "I don't care what people say about me. I blame the schools - sex education for young girls should be better."

Ummmmmm...£600 a week in benefits and can't purchase birth control? And keeping your legs closed costs nothing. I just don't get it. [sigh]

Red

45 posted on 05/23/2005 12:37:49 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (God bless America...land that I love...stand beside her and guide her...)
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To: Irontank

Hatch a out a kid every five to seven years or so and almost be set for life.


46 posted on 05/23/2005 12:37:49 PM PDT by TXBSAFH (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, who's bringing the chips?)
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To: jtminton

Guess liberalism pretty much wiped out shame. Look at that picture they all look so smug, 12 for the love of mike when i was 12 i was into riding bikes and watergunning geez lawheez where have kids gone.


47 posted on 05/23/2005 12:41:05 PM PDT by Xenophon450
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To: Truthsayer20
Sisters pregnant at 12, 14 and 16. So what does their mother do? She blames the school. posted from the London Telegraph.
48 posted on 05/23/2005 12:41:09 PM PDT by Drew68 (IYAOYAS! Semper Gumby!)
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To: Truthsayer20
"He was my first love but now I'm gutted because he doesn't want to have anything to do with me or T-Jay."

You have learned a valuable lesson here. Get the RING and the LICENSE before you make babies. Now, don't make the same mistake a second time. Use the help the government and charities give you to make something of your life for your son, and don't get caught with your pants down a second time.

There's an old song, "You Gotta Shop Around" that says it real clear. That's SHOP, not sleep.

49 posted on 05/23/2005 12:41:47 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Truthsayer20
This really does irritate me!...Bigtime!

Already these freeloaders get the attention they crave by having their picture in a newspaper or tabloid.

Next the poor taxpaying folk of England will be told (by the media) how hard it is raising a little one and making sacrifices....

..it will be a frontpage bleeding heart story.

No where...no way....will any of these liberal rag newspapers ever suggest some childless couple could give these babies the home they deserve.

These babies didn't ask to be welfare recipients, but you can be sure they will, if no one intervenes.

50 posted on 05/23/2005 12:42:34 PM PDT by Guenevere (Sola Gratia)
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