Sick Sick Sick

[sharinbo]

Sorry if this has already been posted. I just heard it mentioned on the news. That POOR girl!

DOCS MUST REPORT KID SEX: JUDGE
Tue Sep 24, 3:15 AM ET

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A Superior Court judge yesterday refused to dismiss the case against two doctors charged with failing to report the pregnancy of an 11-year-old who allegedly had been sexually abused by a 75-year-old man.

Attorneys for Drs. Mukesh Shah and Ann Lule argued that a state law requiring doctors to report suspected child abuse was unconstitutionally vague. It does not give physicians adequate guidance detailing when they are required to file a report, the attorneys said.

The doctors, who each face a $500 fine, are the first in the state charged under the law.

The girl was examined by the doctors in March and was found to be pregnant. The doctors questioned her about her sexual history, but she denied ever having sex and was referred to a clinic.

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto said parties challenging the constitutionality of a law bear the "heavy burden" of proving the law unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.

"The court concludes that the defendant has failed to meet that burden," Bozzuto wrote.

[janelle]

Then the "doctors" are excessors to the crime. When did society stop protecting our children? So the 75 year old pedophile gets to continue on his way molesting other children. That is sick. the old man is scarey but the doctors are scarrier.:mad:

[sharinbo]

I watched an interview with the dr's lawyer last night. He said the reason they didn't report it is because the girl denied ever having sex (even though she was pregnant), and in their state, the penalty for falsely reporting child abuse is stronger than the penalty for not reporting it at all. The interviewer told him he was going to lose, because all those doctors had to do was say that in light of the fact that this girl was PREGNANT that they strongly suspect child abuse. It is against the law for ANYONE to have sexual contact with an 11 year old child, so obviously SOMEONE was molesting her.I saw it mentioned somewhere that the 75 year old man is being charged with child rape and several other crimes. I can't find much info about this online, but they were talking about it on Fox News Channel. The lead in said the girl had given birth...I can't even imagine what she went through giving birth at that young age. I have a 12 year old brother, and he is very much still a child. Poor girl....and her poor baby.

[2manykids]

That is so sad:( To be 11 years old and have this happen to her, what is the world coming to?

[schsa]

I feel for the doctor's but what I want to know is where were the girls parents?? Shouldn't they be the ones reporting that their child was molested or do we just ignore these things and hope they go away? If your 11 year old is pregnant someone knows something. And if she is very naive she may not have realized that she could get pregnant or she may have been so scared that something would happen if she told that she denied everything. The poor doctors were going to be in trouble regardless of what they did. That is a stupid law.

[angelinwaiting]

Originally posted by 2manykids
That is so sad:( To be 11 years old and have this happen to her, what is the world coming to?









I agree:mad: