Underage girls refusing to say who got them pregnant
The fear that their partners will be charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor is causing many pregnant young girls to refuse to name the fathers of their children.
And even in the cases where the father of the child is also a minor, efforts to get the under-aged mother to name her sexual partner have been unsuccessful.
"The girls are giving us incorrect information on the babyfathers. Granted, sometimes they don't know the proper names and proper addresses and so on, but if they do, they are refusing to tell because they fear that some punitive action would be taken," said executive director of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr Zoe Simpson.
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The fear that their partners will be charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor is causing many pregnant young girls to refuse to name the fathers of their children.
And even in the cases where the father of the child is also a minor, efforts to get the under-aged mother to name her sexual partner have been unsuccessful.
"The girls are giving us incorrect information on the babyfathers. Granted, sometimes they don't know the proper names and proper addresses and so on, but if they do, they are refusing to tell because they fear that some punitive action would be taken," said executive director of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr Zoe Simpson.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...-them-pregnant
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