▲ 497 ▼ Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man (www.fox23.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it's over, and both adults involved are headed to prison. The 12-year-old girl showed up a Hillcrest Hospital in midtown Tulsa in July 2021 in labor. The father-to-be apparently expected to walk out with the girl and their new bundle of joy. "They walked in just like any other couple would, excited to deliver their newborn child," Tulsa Police Officer Danny Bean told FOX23 News in 2021. When the child, well below the age of consent, showed up to give birth, doctors immediately called Tulsa Police to report what was happening.
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (3 children) I can't imagine a use for court ordered marriage that would result in anything good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Q:How did ma ma and pa pa meet? A:our relationship was Court Ordered. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 2 years ago Literally the future incels want permalink fedilink source parent [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago One of my wife's friends needed parental consent because she got married at 17 (to a guy a few years older). The whole thing worked out OKish - they've been together nearly 20 years, had a couple of kids, but I think they both recognise they got together too young, and wouldn't otherwise be together today - though they have no plans to separate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SterlingVapor@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago I can. By making it technically possible, you can divert attention. One example would be for crazy edge situations. Like letting children with terminal illnesses fulfill their last wishes, or letting hormone ridden teens make their case to a judge, keeping them from more extreme actions. But more practically, I think this is a great idea... 99.9% of anyone asking for this either needs court ordered mental evaluation and/or a referral to CPS to do a deep dig into the situation. By making it technically possible, that means anyone seriously pursuing this has to explain themselves to a judge. Unfortunately our judicial system has a lot more to do with money than justice (so most people who would actually go through with this probably have the money to protect themselves from consequences), but this law would be a sensible part of a more perfect system... Granted this should almost never be granted by the court (terminally ill child is the only situation that makes sense to me), but there's value in it My opinion would change greatly if this is a real path to child marriage rather than a mostly theoretical possibility permalink fedilink source parent
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Q:How did ma ma and pa pa meet? A:our relationship was Court Ordered. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 2 years ago Literally the future incels want permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 2 years ago Literally the future incels want permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago One of my wife's friends needed parental consent because she got married at 17 (to a guy a few years older). The whole thing worked out OKish - they've been together nearly 20 years, had a couple of kids, but I think they both recognise they got together too young, and wouldn't otherwise be together today - though they have no plans to separate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SterlingVapor@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago I can. By making it technically possible, you can divert attention. One example would be for crazy edge situations. Like letting children with terminal illnesses fulfill their last wishes, or letting hormone ridden teens make their case to a judge, keeping them from more extreme actions. But more practically, I think this is a great idea... 99.9% of anyone asking for this either needs court ordered mental evaluation and/or a referral to CPS to do a deep dig into the situation. By making it technically possible, that means anyone seriously pursuing this has to explain themselves to a judge. Unfortunately our judicial system has a lot more to do with money than justice (so most people who would actually go through with this probably have the money to protect themselves from consequences), but this law would be a sensible part of a more perfect system... Granted this should almost never be granted by the court (terminally ill child is the only situation that makes sense to me), but there's value in it My opinion would change greatly if this is a real path to child marriage rather than a mostly theoretical possibility permalink fedilink source parent