Teen Pregnancy

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 189232

 
> "Nicole A" wrote:
> >
> > How do you think teen pregnancy is dealt with in the
> > wizarding world?
> 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Pretty much the same way the RW did at that time. We do know JKR chose not to deal with that particular issue in this series. Can you imagine, pregnat witches?--oh my! The Religious Right would have had a field day.

Pippin:
Technically, there is a pregnant teen in canon. Merope, according to canon, was eighteen when she went off with Riddle Sr and had her baby a year after that. We know she sought help from Muggles rather than wizards, which leads me to conclude that the WW deals with this issue same the way it deals with any  other unpleasant aspect of life in the WW -- by pretending it doesn't exist. 

Pippin