Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man
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Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man - Lemmy.world
It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it’s
over, and both adults involved are headed to prison. The 12-year-old girl showed
up a Hillcrest Hospital in midtown Tulsa in July 2021 in labor. The father-to-be
apparently expected to walk out with the girl and their new bundle of joy. “They
walked in just like any other couple would, excited to deliver their newborn
child,” Tulsa Police Officer Danny Bean told FOX23 News in 2021. When the child,
well below the age of consent, showed up to give birth, doctors immediately
called Tulsa Police to report what was happening.
No one would have been in trouble if they were married. In Oklahoma, there are no age restrictions for marriage. An adult can marry a toddler if they want. Child marriage is a long-standing conservative tradition, unfortunately.
I disagree with the no age restrictions statement. That makes it sound like there are no restrictions. According to , in Oklahoma, you have to be 18 to get married, 16 with a parent’s permission, and any age under 16 requires a court order.
I can’t imagine a use for court ordered marriage that would result in anything good.
One of my wife’s friends needed parental consent because she got married at 17 (to a guy a few years older). The whole thing worked out OKish - they’ve been together nearly 20 years, had a couple of kids, but I think they both recognise they got together too young, and wouldn’t otherwise be together today - though they have no plans to separate.
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