[DanBC]

> What do you say to a girl pregnant by her brother? Termination is not a great option, the kid may well be healthy. Reporting the abuse, breaking up the household, isn't going to help either. From the doctor's perspective there isn't much they can do.

This attitude, while understandable, is very damaging.

You report the abuse. You do so because your professional registration probably tells you to; there might even be mandatory laws requiring you to; and because you know that you do not have access to reports from other agencies (police, school, sexual health clinics, etc) and so you cannot understand the whole picture.

You're right that interventions for abused children are appalling and that looked after children have some pretty lousy outcomes (shorter life, lower quality of life, increased mental illness, increased risk of death by suicide, increased criminal behaviour, etc etc etc)

[sukilot]

You advocate handing the matter over to government, even though you know government fails to handle it better than not? That's cruel.