Texas Teen Sues Parents to Avoid Forced Abortion

[sigmalady]

I hope she gets to keep her baby but I wonder how many posters here are going to condemn her for going on welfare to support herself and her baby when her parents refuse to support them.

She's a minor . Her parents are responsible, and DSS will go after them for payment.

[Cameron]

She's a minor . Her parents are responsible, and DSS will go after them for payment.

Not so.

Grandparents have no legal responsibility to support their grandchildren.

[Jeebus]

Texas teen wins right to have baby after suing parents

February 19, 2013

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.

[regularguy]

Not so.

Grandparents have no legal responsibility to support their grandchildren.

But they have an obligation to support their children to age 18. That might not apply, however, if she gets married and becomes an "emancipated minor".

[Baltimatt]

Texas teen wins right to have baby after suing parents

So, they won't name the girl but they name her fiancé, the father of her child?

[Cameron]

But they have an obligation to support their children to age 18.
That might not apply, however, if she gets married and becomes an "emancipated minor".

That's what the teen in this case is doing --- getting married.

Grandparents don't have to let their grandkids live in their house.

So if these teens want to keep these babies and the parents REALLY object, they'd have to emancipate themselves, in some way.

[regularguy]

Two 16-year-olds getting married and raising an infant doesn't sound at all promising. Hasn't this girl ever heard of adoption?

[Cameron]

Two 16-year-olds getting married and raising an infant doesn't sound at all promising. Hasn't this girl ever heard of adoption?

The 14 year old this group represented was considering adoption:

The young girl also alleges that her cousins and grandmother scheduled an appointment at the Coastal Birth Control Center to terminate the pregnancy against her will. The girl's grandmother, Carmen Pantoja, denies the allegations against her family. Pantoja says she suggested an abortion, but never tried to force her to have one. . .

Now at 10 weeks pregnant, she is living with the family of the father of her unborn child.

Both of the parents of the baby agree the pregnancy should be brought to term. Adoption is still a possible consideration. . .

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174764.asp

[Mom49of4]

Two 16-year-olds getting married and raising an infant doesn't sound at all promising. Hasn't this girl ever heard of adoption?

I would suspect adoption has been suggested. But how do you force a parent to give up their child?

[Grindelwald]

Glad the court made the correct decision. Horrible parents.

[kudzu]

So you agree a minor should make the decision to have or not have an abortion?

So you agree that if the "minor" is able to make the "choice" then she should be responsible for her decision ?

[regularguy]

I would suspect adoption has been suggested. But how do you force a parent to give up their child?

Have a credible third-party explain to the girl what it entails to raise an infant when the mother and father are both 16 years old.

[regularguy]

Glad the court made the correct decision.

They couldn't have (legally) ruled any other way. The constitutional standard on this issue is clear - it's the choice of the pregnant woman or girl in the first trimester.

[Mom49of4]

Have a credible party explain to the girl what it entails to raise an infant when the mother and father are both 16 years old.

What do you think should have happened with this lawsuit?

[regularguy]

What do you think should have happened with this lawsuit?

It's the girl's choice. If she wants to keep the child, that's her constitutional right.

I'm undoubtedly biased, since both my now-grown kids were adopted, but it seems crazy for two 16-year-olds to raise an infant in our modern society. (The birth parents of one of my kids were both 15 when she gave birth.)

[kudzu]

What do you think should have happened with this lawsuit?

i know this question wasn't directed at me, but...

If you're old enough to Breed, and old enough to Decide, then the parents shouldn't be forced to pay for your stupid mistake.