10 year olds can’t get pregnant.

Question

10 year olds can’t have babies

Answer 1

This is not correct. Though it's rare for it to happen, children as young as 10 can become pregnant. In conversation with Live Science, Dr. Melissa Simon, a professor and obstetrician-gynecologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, emphasized that "pregnancy is possible from the start of ovulation, meaning the point at which the ovaries begin releasing mature eggs," and that "you can start ovulating before you start having your first period".

The BBC reported on a pregnant 10-year-old in Paraguay in 2015, and ABC ran a story on a Colombian 10-year-old a few years prior. More recently, in 2022, sources like Politico and The Columbus Dispatch reported that a ten-year-old Ohio rape victim crossed state lines to seek abortion care. 

Comments

This was a good response, I checked out some of the websites you linked and they all are credible. I agree with you, unfortunately it's a bad situation but is true. I firsthand know multiple women who got their periods as young as 10 so the possibility is rare but not impossible.

Answer 2

This statement is false. Despite most girls according to the mayo clinic starting menstruation at around 12.4 years old it is completely possible for a girl to start menstruating at 10 years old. However it is rare with only about 1.4% of girls who are 10 years old starting menstruation according to Harvard School of Public Health. However it does not negate the fact that a 10 year old could physically become pregnant. For example as recently as 2022 there have been multiple court cases with pregnant 10 year olds involved. Such as a rape cause in Ohio where a unnamed victim became pregnant with her attackers baby at only 10 years old according to the BBC. However we must take into account that the BBC is not a non biased news source and could be dramaticising or exaggerating information for more attention. The evidence of multiple girls being reported pregnant along with information from the mayo clinic and harvard school of health about potential for 10 year olds to become pregnant supports my claim. The evidence that undermines my claim is how common it is. A very small percentage of 10 year olds are physically able to become pregnant making my claim harder for me to prove but still standing to be true. Lastly I attempted to contact the creator of this post through the platform Bluesky where the creator who goes under the user name “maximusdeicmus.bsky.social” however at the time of posting this they have not messaged me back. 

Answer 3

This is incorrect, while it is biologically possible for a 10-year-old to become pregnant, the statement “10-year-olds can’t have babies” reflects the extreme medical and legal barriers that make such pregnancies extraordinarily rare and dangerous. According to the World Health Organization, girls under the age of 15 face the highest risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth, their bodies are simply not developed enough to safely carry a pregnancy to term or endure labor.

In one widely reported case, a 10-year-old girl in Ohio became pregnant after being raped, prompting national debate over abortion access and child protection laws. As REVOLT explains, while pregnancy is technically possible after the onset of menstruation, it almost always results from abuse and carries severe physical and psychological consequences. Pregnancies that young are nearly always the result of coercion or assault. The emotional trauma, legal implications, and medical risks involved make it clear that while rare cases exist, the idea that 10-year-olds can “have babies” in any normal or acceptable sense is deeply misleading.