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Society issue...not relly important but thanks if u did help
SO in ethics class last week we learnt that statutory rape is basically when someone has forced sex with a minor (under 16) and it could apply when 2 minors involve themselves, etc, etc. We also learnt that you will immediately go to jail until the trial.
My question is:
When a girl gets pregnant and she had sex but she's say 13 or 14, do they just deliever the baby? I see girls like 15 and 14 with babies and I'm wondering...don't the doctors of nurses ask them questions....cause that's statutory rape right, so can the mother be jailed or the dad? ...does anyone know if this happens or they just deliever the baby no questions?
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It isn't necessarily rape, no because you don't know that the 14 and 15 year olds had been forced to have sex. The sad truth is that children are getting pregnant at such young ages these days as even 12 and 13 and it is usually because they had unprotected sex with boys of a similar age. As long as they weren't forced into having sex then it isn't statutory rape. However, if they have sex, whether willing or not and their partner is aged over 16 at the time, the one aged over 16 can be jailed for rape.
It is rare for Doctors or Nurses to ask questions because if the Father of the child isn't at the birth, they have no reason to suspect foul play. More often, they will think the kid just had unprotected ex and got pregnant. Mostly, they will just assist with the birth, give some help and advice after the baby is born and after that, any action is down to the police and it is rare for them to get involved unless a report is made.
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In this day and age the Dr's and nurses would probably ask questions to make sure the girl wasn't raped or molested. 13-14 is awful young to be having a baby, and obviously the health care provider is going to be as concerned about the girl's health--as he/she is the baby's health. If the Dr or nurse suspects that the pregnancy was the result of an illegal act it would be their moral and legal obligation to report it to the authorities. If the girl avoids telling about the father, this would raise enough suspecion that the Dr or nurse could involve social services to talk to the girl. No one can force the pregnant girl to tell...but it looks bad if she doesn't. The pregnant Mother cannot be jailed, but the dad can be if he raped her or was over a certain age.
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well charges are never filed unless the girl or their parents file them because for all we know they could have wanted to have sex and what not. And there are privacy rights and doctors can't just bring that up.. yes its acward but they can't just be like so did you get raped.
Also if the person is a minor they wont nec. be put in jail for raping another minor because of their age.. and lack of proof (because most minors can't keep a story straight)
but every case varies there is so set thing for everyone
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There ususally are questions asked but while the girl is pregnant rather than on the delivery table and the questions are not usually asked by the doctor. The doctor and nurses' only realy obligation is to uphold the Hippocratic Oath to preserve life so yes they would just deliver the baby no matter what.
It would be looked at by her school councillor probably pretty seriously but at the end of the day you can't make someone talk or tell you what's happenedwhich obviously limits what they can do and how they can help.
As far as pressing charges for statutory rape (which applies even if the underage person "consents") goes, that decision is usually left to the parents or the minor themselves. It's pretty usual for an outside party to do so purely because if neither the parents nor minor feel that anyone was harmed from the relationship then it would be assumed it was a victimless crime and bringing charges was pretty pointless and none of their business.
Hope that helped a bit
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For the record, consensual sex with a minor is statutory rape, since a 14 year old hasn't reached the "age of consent" yet. Forced rape is in another category altogether and has little to do with age.
If you're 14 and pregnant, there are usually some questions asked, but you're not forced to give information. At that point they're more concerned about your health and that of the baby's, so they don't want to scare minors away from getting health care by torturing them with questions at the doctor's office. And they certainly won't put you in jail... I mean, if a 14 year old has sex with an 20 year old, the 20 year old is the one who goes to jail because they're the criminal here, not the 14 year old.
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As far as I know, it's really none of the doctors business. Obviously they need to ask "Are you sexually active?" but they don't need to know who you're sexually active with or how it happened. They are concerned with your physical body, and that's pretty much it.
Also, statutory rape isn't really FORCED sex with a minor. The minor in question could consent to it, but not being 18 (in my area, atleast, apparently in where you live it's 16), they are not legally allowed to consent. So it's kind of like their word doesn't matter. That's why statutory rape is different from regular rape--because it doesn't neccessarily have to be forced.
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