16 and May Be Pregnant by 18 Year Old

Ok, I guess that was far fetched.. Are my parents the only ones that could get him in trouble?

And couldn't I just not put him on the papers?

No, not only are your parents NOT the only ones who can report him, your doctor is a mandated reporter.

my dad is a total hot head. so im screwed for everything if I really am pregnant.

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Quoting cbg

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No, not only are your parents NOT the only ones who can report him, your doctor is a mandated reporter.

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I think that there is some doubt on that one. Yes, doctors are mandated reporters but they are also mandated to keep reproductive issues, even for minors, private unless they have the consent of the minor to disclose that information. They cannot even disclose reproductive issues to the minor's parents without the minors consent. Minors are emancipated in that context and that context only.

Those laws were put into place to ensure that minors would get prenatal care...because of course, if the minor were afraid to go to the doctor, and therefore afraid to get prenatal care, the infant to be would suffer.

so it is unlikely that anything will happen to him unless someone reports it, right?

We don't have a crystal ball, so we can't predict the future. ANYONE can report him, and SOME people who may find out about it would be REQUIRED to report him to authorities. Bottom line being that he's already committed the crime, and the future hasn't occurred yet. He's already dug a hole for himself that YOU won't be able to help him out of - concentrate on yourself and having a healthy pregnancy.

How can I only concentrate on myself when he is my potential baby's father? If anything it's my fault cause I missed a couple of my pills and the condom broke. I know we shouldn't of been doing it in the first place but still.

I understand that you are looking for someone to tell you that he is not going to be in any kind of legal trouble.

We cannot, in honesty, tell you that.

HE is the legal adult. HE was responsible for not committing a crime. Was it careless for you to miss a pill? Yes, it was. Did you commit a crime? No, you did not. HE did and HE is responsible for that. HE is the one who never should have been diddling a minor in the first place.

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Unless this child is planning to drop the baby in a field somewhere 8 months from now, sooner or later there is going to be a doctor in her future. Of course, the cat may already be out of the bag as to the pregnancy (and most likely thus the perpetrator) by that time, but it doesn't change the doctor's responsibilities.