[HPforGrownups] Teen Pregnancy

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 189236

Quoting Lynda Cordova <sweenlit at gmail.com>:

> I've thought for a long time that there is a possibility that Molly was
> pregnant before leaving Hogwarts. I haven't checked the print or online
> resources and realize I could be wrong, but I've just had that recurring
> thought for a long time.  From Merope's actions when her husband left and
> she was pregnant, she doesn't seem to have gotten much help from either
> magical or muggle sources, although she does seem to rely more on the muggle
> sources when it's down to the end.

Merope might not have known how to access magical-world help.  It  
wasn't like she'd exactly been encouraged to get out into the wide  
magical world and see what was available, now was it?

And she might have been afraid of the magical world's authorities,  
possibly with reason.  If she went to, say, St. Mungo's, they'd (not  
unreasonably) want to know who the father was, and her little venture  
into potion-brewing might have landed her in very hot water.  As I've  
said before on this list, I tend to see her treatment of Tom Riddle,  
Sr. as not far from out-and-out rape and kidnapping.

I pity Merope deeply, but if I were in charge of her, as I've said  
before, I'd want to make very sure that she couldn't misuse her magic  
to abuse another Muggle.

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