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Here’s How Democrats’ Big Domestic Agenda Bill Has Shrunk, The New York Times. Hint: Blame Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).
The Smallest Impregnated Girls
The little 10-year-old girl who became pregnant and had an abortion was actually nine-years-old when she was raped, became pregnant, and was probably in 4th grade. Then she turned 10. Half the girls her age weighed less than 65 pounds and were 52 inches tall and half weighed more and were taller. That is ridiculously tiny to be pregnant.
But seems that now it is not uncommon for girls eight years old to start their periods, according to The Mayo Clinic. And given today’s reproductive rights climate, that means an eight-year-old girl weighing 56 pounds, just 51-inches tall, and in third grade could become pregnant if she was raped or experienced incest.
And now there is something called precocious puberty:
‘When puberty begins before age 8 in girls and before age 9 in boys, it is considered “precocious puberty.” Puberty includes rapid growth of bones and muscles, changes in body shape and size, and development of the body's ability to reproduce.’
‘[That] leads to the production of more hormones in the ovaries for females (estrogen) and the testicles for males (testosterone).’
Precocious puberty is not unheard of at age five. A little girl’s mean weight at that age is just 40 pounds. And she could easily be 42 inches tall, and in kindergarten.
Possible complications of precocious puberty include:
Short height
Social and emotional problems
Pregnancy
Puberty begins when “the brain starts the process with the production of a hormone (called GnRH).” Estrogen or testosterone in your child's body can cause this type of precocious puberty that can come from:
Exposure to external sources of estrogen or testosterone, such as creams or ointments
What we eat, estrogen creams, or some dietary supplements.
Now, people’s food supply affects our bodies, no matter where they live. I was surprised to find that the meat and fowl supply was filled with hormones that could cause early periods in little girls, very little girls. In other words, those in precocious puberty.
Steroid hormones in cattle have been illegal in Europe since 1988. The decision was based upon the “fragility of the endocrine equilibrium in all stages of life as well as the potential genotoxicity of these compounds and their metabolites,” according to American Public Health Association:”
‘The US government position is that hormone residues in beef from adult cattle pose no threat to human health. This assumption of safety, however, has remained untested by long-term epidemiologic studies.’
A study lasting five years followed little girls between the ages of four and eight until they hit puberty. The peer-reviewed British Medical Journal found:
Results: High-dose steroid-treated children entered into puberty at a significantly earlier age compared to controls.
Conclusions: High dose GH treatment before puberty accelerates bone age and induces an earlier onset of puberty.
Dietary patterns were also found to be related to precocious puberty among Shanghai children significantly closely associated with precocious puberty in both girls and boys, according to The National Library of Medicine National Center for Bioinformatics for the National Institutes of Health.
Source: Center for Disease Prevention & Control (CDC)
It looks as if we women and men have to get these Republicans out of office in a hurry, in the midterms. President Joe Biden was horrified at the little 10-year-old’s pregnancy. If he only knew.
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