Almost 8 000 sign petition to have doctors and midwives report underage pregnancies to police

Kekeletso Khena started the petition to protect children from paedophiles, but it might not fit in with the laws of the country.

A petition has called on all South African doctors and midwives to report underage pregnancies so police can investigate statutory rape.

“These cases never make it to court so … these children have participated in what would be termed nonconsensual sex because they cannot consent. As a result, [adults] who are sleeping with children are getting away with it.”“We started this petition because this should be a notifiable incident to make sure when they have to treat girls under 16 they report it to the police so the age the father can be [determined].

“South Africa’s age of consent is 16 with a two-year “close-in-age” exception. This exception allows for minors between 12 and 16 to engage in sex as long as their age difference with their partner is less than two years,” said Chemaly.

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