I suppose it's a start....
"Miss. requires DNA test for girls under 16 who give birth" by Emily Wagster Pettus | Associated Press, August 03, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — probably the first of its kind in the nation — said authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and do DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.
But then who will go on Maury's show?
There goes my four-hour afternoon block of Maury, Jerry, Maury, Maury!
Supporters contend the law will chip away at Mississippi’s teen pregnancy rate, which has long been one of the highest in the nation. But critics say that though the procedure is painless, it invades the medical privacy of the mother, father, and baby.
Privacy in AmeriKa? Where?
And questions abound: At about $1,000 each, who will pay for the DNA tests in the nation’s poorest state?
Why, the FATHER, of course!
What, you think the STATE will? If we have seen anything from Massachusetts to Mississippi it is that state government exists to take tax loot from you and give it to those well-connected intere$ts we all know and love, as well as maintain their lavish political lifestyles as they deliver much needed austerity to America.
Even after test results arrive, can prosecutors compel a potential father to submit his own DNA and possibly implicate himself in a crime?
Ooooooooohh!
How long will the state keep the DNA on file?
Forever. (Give Maury envelope)
Republican Governor Phil Bryant said DNA tests could lead to prosecution of adult men who have sex with underage girls.
‘‘It is to stop children from being raped,’’ said Bryant, who started his career as a deputy sheriff in the 1970s. ‘‘One of the things that go on in this state that’s always haunted me when I was a law-enforcement officer is seeing the 14- and 15-year-old girl that is raped by the neighbor next door and down the street.’’
To kill a Mockingbird! (That kind of bird deserves to die)
But Bear Atwood, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, said it is an invasion of privacy to collect cord blood without consent of the mother, father, and baby.
It would seem so....
She also said that an underage girl who does not want to reveal the identity of her baby’s father might skip prenatal care: ‘‘Will she decide not to have the baby in a hospital where she can have a safe, happy, healthy delivery?’’
Well.... why don't you kids think about these things before you... yeah, yeah, I know.
The law took effect July 1 but has not been used yet. Cord blood samples would have to be taken immediately after birth, and the state medical examiner is setting administrative rules for how the blood will be collected and stored.
Megan Comlossy, health policy associate for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said she thinks Mississippi is the first state to enact a law authorizing the collection of blood from the umbilical cord — a painless procedure — to determine paternity.
Bryant’s staff said the idea for the law came from public meetings of the governor’s teen pregnancy prevention task force, which focuses primarily on promoting abstinence.
Well, it's a little late for that now, but....
Statistics put the state’s teen pregnancy rate among the highest in the country. In 2011 — the most recent year for which statistics were available — there were 50.2 live births in Mississippi per 1,000 females ages 15-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nationwide rate was 31.3.
Related: Teen birth rates have been falling in the United States for two decades
Hey, whatever. In reading the AmeriKan media these days one must realize it's whatever mixed message is useful for pushing the agenda at that moment.
Now back to the comforting narrative of the divisive corporate pre$$:
And more than half Mississippi’s 82 counties reported at least one pregnancy by a 10- to 14-year-old girl in 2011, according to an Associated Press analysis of state statistics.
The governor’s staff also said it heard disheartening information from Chancery Judge Janace Harvey Goree, whose district covers four counties in central Mississippi.
Democratic state Representative Adrienne Wooten voted against the bill, saying it will hurt poor women and could lead to a ‘‘fishing expedition to find out who the father is.’’
‘‘I think that that is totally outside the boundaries of what we as a Legislature should be doing,’’ said Wooten.
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I'm not endorsing teen pregnancy or sex with minors, although I celebrate each birth. One of the core missions of this blog was to be pro-life because of all the death brought by wars based on lies.
My point is, little junior is here now, so what are we gonna do?
Related: Maury Povich Murder in Massachusetts
Also see:
Man faces hearing in baby’s death
Court hearing postponed for Lynn man accused of beating baby
No, that's not a good answer.
