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got this from the bbc web site

A 16-year-old Argentine girl has given birth to female triplets - for the second time.
The girl, named only as Pamela, had her first set of female triplets aged 15, having first given birth to a son when she was just 14.

All seven children were born prematurely but without any kind of fertility treatment.

While doctors say the three newborns and their mother are well, the case has sparked debate across Argentina.

In bars and cafes, as well as the letters pages of newspapers, there has been widespread criticism of Pamela's alleged promiscuity.

Seeking more

Pamela's family already receives help from the provincial authorities, which donated land and built them a house when the first set of triplets was born.

Pamela's mother, who cleans houses to support her daughter and rapidly increasing number of grandchildren, says they will now seek more assistance from the government for the new additions to the family.

Some Argentines are arguing that perhaps what Pamela needs is more advice on contraception.

The teenager, who will be 17 on Monday, comes from the remote town of Leones in the central Argentine province of Cordoba.

no mention of the father's part in all this then? How typical

Just what I was thinking Ann....................he is 50% responsible, surely?

xx

WoW! 7 children in 2 years... that poor/stupid girl. You'd think the first lot of triplets would have been enough to put her off sex and men for life.

They built her a house...blinky heck and I can't even get a council flat when I'm disabled. If her mother helps her out with the kids why doesn't the girl get out to work.

Mind you, isn't Argentina a predominantly roman catholic country...they don't advocate contraception so it's no wonder really.

Kitty, depending on the father's age he may well be even more responsible, after all 14 is very young. Their age of consent is 18, except if both partners are between 13-16 then that is legal...it's only if one is over 18 that it becomes illegal. Maybe they need to look at that issue too.

Maybe abstinence until she is married might be a better option then :))

Liz................good point and very true. I must admit I do get fed up when it's always the teenage mothers who get the flack and the fathers rarely get a mention.

xx

Bleddy hell, she doesn't waste much time does she.

well if you get it all handed to you there's not much incentive to behave is there? I would say they should reject her claim for further assistance but it's the children who would suffer then.

maybe when she finds out what causes it???
Bob

I can see where you are all coming from but this is a remote town, it may be that the girl would be classed as special needs here - stop laughing you lot - but I think the powers that be need to look into this further. Is the father the same for all the children, does he participate in their upbringing in any way, is there any history of abuse, i.e. older men in the community who have co erced her into sex? Lots of issues that aren't explained in a news item. I hope all the family get the right kind of help, sounds as tho the grandmother is running herself into the ground trying to help, and she may well have other children to look after herself.
Lizx

She could be a good contender for the Guinness Book of records at this rate!

7 children by 17
? children by 47

1 chastity belt needed me thinks, lol

i had children young not as young as that tbho, but anyone would surely think to them selves 1 lot of triplets then maybe i have got a higher chance of having more triplets and waited till there older, unless they did it to get a house and benefits like some familys do.

charley
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well said Liz

we dont know all the facts of circumstances about this,


xxLynnxx

Anne that went through my mind too.

Kitty maybe abstinence for the rest of her life would be a better choice lol

Seriously though I have to agree with what Liz says....we don't know the full story here, only what the papers want to tell us.

Whatever her circumstances, I can't help but feel sorry for her and her family.

The girl is barely out of her own childhood.

xx

Ann.... there never is anything said about the fathers.
It has for years been a girls problem..

That poor girl....7 children at 17 years old!

Deanna X

Liz well put, seems there is a lack of information here, wonder what's the birth rate among other teenage girls in that area of Argentina? Seems to me if she's got 4 kids at 16, she didn't have time to go out looking for a romp in the hay, her hands are full at home. Is she being abused/molested within her home, perhaps, who is the father . . . . if (some)fathers in our so-called civilised society can avoid their responsibilities towards their children, how much more likely would it be where few rules seem to exist??
She'll be at risk of uterine rupture if this keeps up. Who is there to protect her?
maxiMary

Carol, lol!!!!!!!

Is it one father or many? Or dont' we know?
If she was older would everyone be so quick to judge her having so many in such a quick time?

Don't forget, years ago it was quite common to start a family at 14....

Laura

well said collen i thought it but was not as brave as you no but wish i could