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Originally Posted by ShimmeringFaerie
Fair enough. Though I have trouble with the concept that a 16 year old's body is more capable to carry a baby than a 15 years and 11 month old (age of consent is 16 here). Some places, though, the age of consent is 18. Would you consider it okay for a 17 year old to have an abortion in those states/countries?
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I agree, its ridiculous to assume that a 15 year and 11 month old is less capable to carry a baby than a 16 year old. But with these sorts of things you have to draw the line somewhere.
My idea is that if the government deems anyone younger than 18 too young to have sex, then by extension they are too young to carry a baby. By the same logic, anyone who is old enough to legally have sex is old enough to carry a baby until it is viable and can survive on its own. That is why I believe the age of consent should be 16. Because any woman who has sex has the chance of becoming pregnant, and in my opinion, anyone younger than 16 is at severe risk in pregnancy.