Thai girls ranked Asia's top for unplanned pregnancies

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Thai girls ranked Asia's top for unplanned pregnancies
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BANGKOK, Feb 11 - Thailand's Ministry of Social Development and Human Security disclosed that Thai girls are ranked as Asia's top for unready pregnancies, with 9-year-old girls found as the youngest child-bearers.

Wichien Chawalit, the ministry's permanent-secretary, presided over an event for the campaign against unready pregnancies, held Tuesday at Nonthaburi province's Home for Disabled Babies (Bann Fuengfah), which is under the ministry's care.

He said he wants youngsters to see abandoned children and those disabled ones born from unplanned pregnancies. There are about 400 of such at Bann Fuengfah.

Meanwhile, Kanchana Sombatsirinand from Thammasat University Hospital said children under 15 years old have increasingly been found in their student uniforms leaving their pregnancies under the hospital's care.

The youngest are 9 years-old, while 30 per cent of the girls are in grades 8 and 9. Some girls aged 11 to 12 are already pregnant with their second child. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-02-11

[Costas2008]

Thailand, the Hub of young pregnancies.

Congratulations another No 1.

Feel sorry for the mothers and the children.

[NomadJoe]

In a country where young people are told to abstain from intercourse instead of being educated about using protection, there can be no other result.

[khwaibah]

Just look around the wife's village and Thailand has a lock on that Gold Medal for sometime.

[Thai at Heart]

Yay.

Number 1. Well done thailand.

[Red Snake]

No surprise at all on this article. So many young 16/17 years old running around with big bellies and no man who will claim responsibility.

[3NUMBAS]

pumped and dumped by irresponsible youths

[khwaibah]

No surprise at all on this article. So many young 16/17 years old running around with big bellies and no man who will claim responsibility.

Man? I think you mean boy.

[Why ask]

Wait. Next it will be blamed on 'farangs'.

[Bel Mondo]

What credible organization or NGO did this survey? Totally unsubstantiated allegations.

[thomash]

A big factor is the Thais are like the Catholics of Buddhism and this is one of the results of that on top of other scandals.

[Mosha]

pumped and dumped by irresponsible youths

Takes 2 to tango

[Briggsy]

Thai girls ranked Asia's top for unplanned pregnancies everything.

Lack of planning is their forte.

[edwinchester]

pumped and dumped by irresponsible youths

Takes 2 to tango

Agree entirely if they are adults but a nine year old can hardly make an informed choice can they.

[Misterwhisper]

And yet another hub status Thailand could achieve effortlessly. Congratulations, you're really making big strides in becoming a record holder in many, many disciplines... except those that really count for something in the eyes of the world:

-- educational excellence? Zip

-- human rights? Zilch

-- honesty and transparency? Nada

-- morals and ethics? Nyet

-- respect for law and order? Dream on

-- protection of the young and elderly? Pfft

-- advances and innovation in science, medicine and technology? Bummer

-- environmental protection? What's that

-- anti-corruption drives? Ha ha ha ha

-- press freedom? Only on paper (pun intended)

-- and so on, and so on...

[Mosha]

pumped and dumped by irresponsible youths

Takes 2 to tango

Agree entirely if they are adults but a nine year old can hardly make an informed choice can they.

My mistake I missed that bit,

[spirit47]

Theres no backround information in this article, can speculate a lot...I mean about social state and who what about the fathers...

[WhizBang]

It takes 2 to tango.

[Mosha]

It takes 2 to tango.

That's what I said, but read the last few lines in the OP. It's disturbing

[MMarlow]

What credible organization or NGO did this survey? Totally unsubstantiated allegations.

How do you know that the information provided by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (the first sentence of the report if you read it) is unsubstantiated?

[96tehtarp]

The parents and grandparents and extended family members care for the babies. That's how it is in Thailand.

Contraception is not really a concern or priority yet, neither is sex education. Thai people generally just let nature take its course, and everybody loves babies and small children.

Where I come from these children would have to bear the stigma of being bastards. That concept is a foreign one in Thailand.

[Jeremy50]

What credible organization or NGO did this survey? Totally unsubstantiated allegations.

How do you know that the information provided by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (the first sentence of the report if you read it) is unsubstantiated?

Yes, one really has to question the 9yo claim. Who is the father? And is he in jail? Most likely some idiot just made it up.

[Jeremy50]

The parents and grandparents and extended family members care for the babies. That's how it is in Thailand.

Contraception is not really a concern or priority yet, neither is sex education. Thai people generally just let nature take its course, and everybody loves babies and small children.

Where I come from these children would have to bear the stigma of being bastards. That concept is a foreign one in Thailand.

Babies are cute and cuddly and you can carry them easily on motorbikes.

[mok199]

this is a subject i have so much to say about......this is the village mentality...i see loads of little muts(boys)cruising around on thier scooters,they find young vulnerable(bored) young girls and say a few nice words a few promises and...bang...another pregnancy...this is why i have no respect for thai men.....thai girls are raised to please the thai man...the men take advantage of that,when was the last time you met an honourable thai male,or a woman from isan over 25 who didnt have a child....i wont rant...but i will say this....this does not happen in vietnam,it is not oncommon to meet a 30-40 year old beautyful vietnamize woman,who has no children...why...because they honour their bodies,familly and future......we have this problem in the usa... in the black community...80%of black babies are born out of wedlock....15% of usa is black,90% of the crime is comittted by blacks....1 out of 4 woman under the age of 18 have been raped in africa....do we see the pattern....uneducated,poor,lonley....dont blame the woman...they are just looking for a future....look at the BUCK...and by that i mean the males,who spin a story,use too much hair gel and, need to prey on young uneducated woman....and the world thinks the foriengers come here and abuse the woman......hahah....the thais need to man up...the end......wow that felt good....thanks

[thecynic]

I know this will get a whole lot of people riled up - but making abortions legal will go a long way in avoiding many of these unwanted, unplanned babies.

I will never understand how being born to a 9 year old mother (who is a child herself) is better than being aborted. How many 9 year old girls, or their parents, will say no to the procedure if it is safe for the mother involved. And as far as the child is concerned, he/she will be spared what, in many cases, will turn out to be a lifetime of struggle and unhappiness.

[Sandman77]

Maybe the daily love and relation ship soup opera programm should be banned from national tv!

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[Robininbkk]

What a surprise! not really. One has to be staying in Thailand long enough to been around would have noticed the little kids and babies appearing on every corner.

It's funny to see 7-11's and pharmacy's full of condoms on sale, but I have yet to see a Thai buy one. Only farangs seems to buy them AND use them. Most of the unplanned pregnancies must be from the lower class echelon of Thai society. The majority of this class striggles to surive on the minimum wages and pays. Even so, humans are humans and we have our primal desires. Why even waste money on condoms or contraception. A pack of condoms in general costs almost a day's work, it varies from person to person, but in generality of this class.

Take care of the responsibilities as a father? What's that? Is there even a concept of ''responsibility'' in the minds of Thais? They will just wham bam thank you madam.

[dinom]

What credible organization or NGO did this survey? Totally unsubstantiated allegations.

How do you know that the information provided by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (the first sentence of the report if you read it) is unsubstantiated?

Yes, one really has to question the 9yo claim. Who is the father? And is he in jail? Most likely some idiot just made it up.

it happens and is not made up. I know a girl aged 14 who has 3 children and 4 abortions. And another case a 13 and 14 year old getting married in a village because of their child.

[Robininbkk]

this is a subject i have so much to say about......this is the village mentality...i see loads of little muts(boys)cruising around on thier scooters,they find young vulnerable(bored) young girls and say a few nice words a few promises and...bang...another pregnancy...this is why i have no respect for thai men.....thai girls are raised to please the thai man...the men take advantage of that,when was the last time you met an honourable thai male,or a woman from isan over 25 who didnt have a child....i wont rant...but i will say this....this does not happen in vietnam,it is not oncommon to meet a 30-40 year old beautyful vietnamize woman,who has no children...why...because they honour their bodies,familly and future......we have this problem in the usa... in the black community...80%of black babies are born out of wedlock....15% of usa is black,90% of the crime is comittted by blacks....1 out of 4 woman under the age of 18 have been raped in africa....do we see the pattern....uneducated,poor,lonley....dont blame the woman...they are just looking for a future....look at the BUCK...and by that i mean the males,who spin a story,use too much hair gel and, need to prey on young uneducated woman....and the world thinks the foriengers come here and abuse the woman......hahah....the thais need to man up...the end......wow that felt good....thanks

Spot on, mostly in villages and rural areas but even in big urban cities like kon khaen and korat etc. actually all throughout Thailand. I've been travelling around Thailand and have seen the same shit going on everywhere. Youngsters with their ''pak waan'' and the girls fall for it everytime! I know a girl who is 25 and has 3 little kids. She told me from 3 different (Thai) fathers and all one night stands.

[schondie]

Can we assume that Yingluck will now declare Thailand "The hub of teenagers in the (pudding) club".