A careful read of this case has the girl getting pregnant while 14, 14 not 16. I may be wrong but in my book a 14 years old girl, even one rasied on our sick, over sexualized culture, is still a girl, a child at 14. The reproductive plumbing may function but the mind and soul are still not adult. YMMV
The reproductive plumbing may be functioning, but it is not ready.
See this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1999328/posts?page=204#204
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http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040579/TASFIA.htm
” Research indicates that health risks are higher for infants that are developing in a young body. This is because most teenage mother’s bodies are still developing themselves. A teenage body is yet not ready to reproduce. When a baby is developing in a young body the space for it s growth is limited and small.”
“Young mothers, especially mothers who are under the age of 15 have high rates of delivering a premature baby, stillbirth, and low birth weight baby. This happens because from the ages 12-15 the body goes through the most changes and is developing the most. When a female is pregnant during this time it disturbs the body from doing its job. For one thing it stops women from having her monthly period.”
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001516.htm
“Adolescent pregnancy is associated with higher rates of illness and death for both the mother and infant.
Pregnant teens are at much higher risk of dying or having serious medical complications such as toxemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, significant anemia, premature delivery, or placenta previa.
Infants born to teens are 2 to 6 times more likely to have low birth weight than those born to mothers age 20 or older. Prematurity plays the greatest role in this, but intrauterine growth retardation (inadequate growth of the fetus during pregnancy) is also a factor.
Teen mothers are more likely to have unhealthy habits that place the infant at greater risk for inadequate growth, infection, or chemical dependence. The younger a mother is below age 20, the greater the risk of her infant dying during the first year of life.”
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Sadly, some people don’t want to be bothered by the facts.