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Texas teen wins right to have baby after suing parents

A pregnant Texas teen has won the right to have her baby after she reached an agreement with her parents, who she had sued claiming they were forcing her to abort the fetus.

MyFoxHouston.com reports the 16-year-old teen, who was only identified in court records as R.E.K., will be allowed to have the child and her parents will not threaten her with physical force.

Under the terms of the agreement, the parents will allow the girl to marry her 16-year-old boyfriend Evan Madison, who told MyFoxHouston.com he is glad the legal matter has been settled.

"Emotionally and stressful it's been tough," Madison said. "We've had fights and arguments over all of this and what will happen next because her parents are very unpredictable."

The parents also agreed to return the teen's car, pay her cell phone bill and pay half of her health insurance.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/1...-suing-parents/?test=latestnews#ixzz2LNpM5Kxn

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/1...-suing-parents/?test=latestnews#ixzz2LNp8HUuZ

this is disgusting. parents should never have this power over children. it is sad she had to sue for this.
 
Except where she's 16 and really it's the parents who are going to raise the kid. The teen is just going to be providing the kid an entrance.
 
you're kidding me. you believe parents have the right to FORCE an abortion simply because they are likely to raise the kid until she is 18???

good lord, what is this country coming to....
 
Disillusioned said:
Except where she's 16 and really it's the parents who are going to raise the kid. The teen is just going to be providing the kid an entrance.
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statistically, this is usually the case, but the fact that there are some 16 year olds that are more mature than their 40 year old parents, your statement is just conjecture.
 
Sched 1 said:
well...they are forced to raise the child unless they give up their parental rights...where do you think the child's child will reside?
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That would be a choice the Grandparents would have to make, give up rights to the 16 year old or not.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
statistically, this is usually the case, but the fact that there are some 16 year olds that are more mature than their 40 year old parents, your statement is just conjecture.
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More a hypothesis based on the fact that the 16 year old is dependent upon the parents for means of support, the return of car and the bill paying mentioned in the article point to her not having a job, and regardless of how "mature", a word that traditionally means "shares my own beliefs", she is, the parents are still going to be funding the kid which is a hefty amount of money, even if the economy wasn't crap.
 
Sched 1 said:
Texas teen wins right to have baby after suing parents

A pregnant Texas teen has won the right to have her baby after she reached an agreement with her parents, who she had sued claiming they were forcing her to abort the fetus.

MyFoxHouston.com reports the 16-year-old teen, who was only identified in court records as R.E.K., will be allowed to have the child and her parents will not threaten her with physical force.

Under the terms of the agreement, the parents will allow the girl to marry her 16-year-old boyfriend Evan Madison, who told MyFoxHouston.com he is glad the legal matter has been settled.

"Emotionally and stressful it's been tough," Madison said. "We've had fights and arguments over all of this and what will happen next because her parents are very unpredictable."

The parents also agreed to return the teen's car, pay her cell phone bill and pay half of her health insurance.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/1...-suing-parents/?test=latestnews#ixzz2LNpM5Kxn

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/1...-suing-parents/?test=latestnews#ixzz2LNp8HUuZ

this is disgusting. parents should never have this power over children. it is sad she had to sue for this.
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16 years old is not a good age for a woman/female to have a child, physiologically a 16 year old is not ready to have a child even though she is able to do so

also, who is going to pay for the child's parents and child's needs - the parents of the father and mother...the state

the best time for a female to have a child is between 17/18 and 25

oh well
 
Disillusioned said:
More a hypothesis based on the fact that the 16 year old is dependent upon the parents for means of support, the return of car and the bill paying mentioned in the article point to her not having a job, and regardless of how "mature", a word that traditionally means "shares my own beliefs", she is, the parents are still going to be funding the kid which is a hefty amount of money, even if the economy wasn't crap.
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completely disagree......with all of your post. there's this thing called 'emancipation' and it came about for a reason. you have zero proof or substance that indicates this teen will wholeheartedly fall in to the category you've assigned her to.
 
Don Quixote said:
16 years old is not a good age for a woman/female to have a child, physiologically a 16 year old is not ready to have a child even though she is able to do so

also, who is going to pay for the child's parents and child's needs - the parents of the father and mother...the state

the best time for a female to have a child is between 17/18 and 25

oh well
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30 is a great time for a woman to have a child. 35 is a great time for a man. We are all different however and the best time is different for everyone.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
completely disagree......with all of your post. there's this thing called 'emancipation' and it came about for a reason. you have zero proof or substance that indicates this teen will wholeheartedly fall in to the category you've assigned her to.
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If she wants to become emancipated, good for her, however the evidence you have for it is even less than I have for mine, she appears to be going back into the level of dependency than many teens exist in, "The parents also agreed to return the teen's car, pay her cell phone bill and pay half of her health insurance." That doesn't sound like a teen who's ready to go out and handle the world on her own terms.

I would be very worried about an eighteen or nineteen year old having a child and they normally have the benefits of finishing high school and the possibility of a better job that might offer benefits, even then it would be hard on them, this girl appears to have none of that. I'm concerned about the life that her kid is going to be born into and I predict, based upon the evidence that I have seen, that most of the burden will fall on the parents when the girl stumbles.
 
Don Quixote said:
16 years old is not a good age for a woman/female to have a child, physiologically a 16 year old is not ready to have a child even though she is able to do so

also, who is going to pay for the child's parents and child's needs - the parents of the father and mother...the state

the best time for a female to have a child is between 17/18 and 25

oh well
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first off, 16 years old is perfectly acceptable to bear children. read history.

second, why do you support the parents being able to FORCE an abortion?
 
Sched 1 said:
first off, 16 years old is perfectly acceptable to bear children. read history.

second, why do you support the parents being able to FORCE an abortion?
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In most of history the sixteen year old girl would be married to a 22+ year old man who normally would already have a job and the parents would send a payment to help him keep her.


If she's willing to sue to keep the kid, a decision that I would give odds she'll regret in a hurry that seems more aimed as a "you're not the boss of me" plan, the parents should say fine and toss her out now.
 
Disillusioned said:
In most of history the sixteen year old girl would be married to a 22+ year old man who normally would already have a job and the parents would send a payment to help him keep her.


If she's willing to sue to keep the kid, a decision that I would give odds she'll regret in a hurry that seems more aimed as a "you're not the boss of me" plan, the parents should say fine and toss her out now.
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your point about the man's (boy) age is irrelevant to the fact that 16 years of age is perfectly acceptable to have a child. the income of the man is also irrelevant to the issue of whether the parents can FORCE her to abort the child.
 
Sched 1 said:
your point about the man's (boy) age is irrelevant to the fact that 16 years of age is perfectly acceptable to have a child. the income of the man is also irrelevant to the issue of whether the parents can FORCE her to abort the child.
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Well done, she's capable of bearing a child, so is an eleven year old. Does that mean she is capable of being a mother?(something I consider separate from birthing a child).
 
Disillusioned said:
Well done, she's capable of bearing a child, so is an eleven year old. Does that mean she is capable of being a mother?(something I consider separate from birthing a child).
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did i mention capable? why are you running away from the actual issue, the right of one person to FORCE an abortion on another person.
 
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