9 Year Old Girl Gives Birth To Baby

They've had kids as young as 5 give birth to children.

Puberty often starts between 8 and 14 - so had she been an "early bloomer" than a victim of rape or incest, its perfectly possible.

Wow... this is actually about something that happened three years ago. I wonder why such a long delay in hitting the news.

I heard of something like this happening in the 20's or 30's. The parents raised the two kids as siblings.

Even though it's a tragic story, and I hope there is some sort of support system in place, I comment because of the spin of the story "it was too late to abort", [but obviously that would have been the solution].
Why kill the baby? It's not his or her "fault" to be in this situation... does not it deserve to live as much as another baby born to, say, a 26 year old?
With regards to VikiBabbles' entry, it may not be that the girl even has a boyfriend - especially in Asia- it may be just as likely that she was sold for sex, or a victim of rape or incest (which, though truly violent, doesn't impact the child's inherent right to retain his or her life). A truly sad story, but perhaps this young girl and her child will be able to have happy, good lives.

interesting article. i enjoyed it.... thanks!

Interesting for sure -- and, assuming this is a valid report, alarming news about parenting today.

Yikes. Is the "boyfriend" an "early bloomer" too?

I believe that president clinton had the right idea that abortion should be outlawed but not at the risk of the mother. The uber pro-life people had the chance to make abortion outlawed if they had just added the clause that mothers whose lives were in danger had the option of abortion. They didn't take it! I am pro-life. But whats the point if you are going to make a law that would potentially kill women who are pregnant. That brings the 9 year old back into play. She could have died! That's awful. But I don't think that abortion is any solution for a healthy person who (un)willingly got pregnant at a knowledgeable age. Incest often time produce babies that have serious problems genetically and are often time?? from relatively young kids, abortion would then be a good idea. But when a 15 year old gets pregnant, and lets face it, they know the risks, then they should carry to term. An abortion is far worse, I think, than having a baby and giving it up for adoption. Abortions are emotional bombs that tend to go off years later. A very young kid can 'forget', but teens and young adults don't have the mind set enough to understand what they are setting themselves up for with an abortion so much as an adoption.

I'm so mad about this. Today I read so many articles regarding girls from the age of 5 to 16 giving birth and the parents apparently don't know that they are pregnant. BS If your child's belly is blowing up out of no where--hello! There is something wrong. Where are the mothers of these 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 , 10 year old girls. I'm the mother of two daughters myself, and especially at these ages it is no way in heck I would not have known that my child is pregnant especially at the late stages of the pregnancies I read about. As for the moms wake up protect your children. As for the men get the HATCHET and then give them life in prison and placed them where the are sure to be repeatedly raped.

RIP little angel. I am so rage by how this has happened. What mother could look at that man and think he is safe for their children to stay with. God, he gives me the creeps just looking at his picture. We need the death penalty back. I say save the beating and just throw this creep into a wood chipper alive. I have never been so sick that I couldn't get up to care for my own children. I blame the mother too. Who has the flu so bad for a week that you don't check on your children?? On top of it, you leave them in a trailer park with 15 child molesters. The other children need to be taken away from her before something happens to them. She's unfit. Rot in hell mom and so-called, babysitter of the year.