File this under: “WTF?”
Farrah Abraham’s 16-year-old daughter Sophia may have her own unique style, but her opinions on teen pregnancy– and ways to prevent it– are nearly identical to those of her mother.
On a recent episode of Jeff Fargo’s Fargo Talks podcast, the fired Teen Mom star and her only daughter weighed in on the topic of teenage pregnancy, during which Sophia promoted the concept of teenage vasectomies – something Farrah has previously advocated herself.
“If you know what sex is as a man, I feel like you should get a vasectomy, especially when you’re a teenager,” Sophia said.
As you may remember, Farrah also (weirdly) championed the idea of teenage boys getting vasectomies in July during an interview with New York’s Z100 radio station, where she argued that the government should provide contraception– including vasectomies/tubal ligation– to minors.
No…seriously.
According to Farrah, we “as society have been systematically wrong” when it comes to judging teens for getting knocked up, as these pregnancies are the government’s fault for not providing contraception (and/or vasectomies) to teens.
“We have a vulnerable age group who are left out of contraception prevention,” she said. “When you’re procreating, it’s an act of God. It’s not like an age and a law. I just want people to understand that. And, when you don’t have prevention, which we haven’t, and inclusion and equity is that for teenagers, 10-year-olds are getting pregnant. I’m just saying, it doesn’t matter if you’re a teen or middle schoolers. There needs to be inclusion and equity there for women and men.”
In her confusing radio reproduction-rant, Farrah also discussed the ways in which she believes teenagers can be sterilized.
“You know, they can get vasectomies or they can have their tubes tied,” she said. “They can have fertility options and I think that’s another component of why medical and fertility and government is blocking this inclusion and equity for teens or people who can just procreate at any age. They don’t want to give the necessary prevention for a brighter future and a brighter life. So, you can’t have your eggs saved. You can’t get your vasectomies or whatever you need.”
During their joint podcast appearance this week, Farrah and Sophia spoke about the challenges that come with being a teen parent, with Sophia stating that she doesn’t “support teen pregnancy,” but she does “support supporting teen mothers.”
“I think that’s what everyone should do, instead of shame them and make their life even more difficult because it already is,” she said.
In a clip from the podcast posted to Instagram, Farrah proceeded to ask her daughter how she “didn’t end up a pregnant teen like your mom at this age,” to which Sophia replied, “Because I have sex education.”
Farrah explained that she began teaching Sophia about sex education so the teen would understand the struggles of being a young parent.
“ … It’s not their fault,” Farrah told her daughter. “It’s just a feature in our society. And I think the reason why I lay it out and I track it with you and I share this journey is because I was shamed, I was blamed.”
Farrah also insisted– through her infamous Farrah Speak– that sex education is a way for other generations to “give back.”
“ … if you could help someone feel better or if you could see what they’re struggling through, or if someone needs help, that’s helping a generation give back,” she said.
Watch a clip from Farrah and Sophia’s interview below.
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57 Responses
She shouldn’t be worried about what teen boy’s are doing with they’re free will. She should be worried about her education and her own life and future. I was Hard R’d my whole life by men and teen boys. But yet I would never go to the extreme to say all men should be castrated or infertile. Wtf are they teaching this poor child??
I’m in the UK, I went to school in the 90’s and graduated in the early noughties. We were taught the sex ed you speak of but then about sex and contraception options at 16 (I think about that age). Obviously we do have teen pregnancy, but as the saying goes “where there’s a will there’s a way”
I was just curious about the American system.
We are taught sex education at school around that age as well, I believe. I graduated in 1998 & remember it well. The thing is, teen pregnancy has always been a thing, its just many years ago, the girls got sent off & babies were placed for adoption or raised by another family member.
In the US it’s very spotty. In the more conservative areas it’s not done at all, or fought over. I grew up in rural areas in the 00’s and we were basically taught just like on Mean Girls, “if you have sex, you WILL get pregnant, and DIE.” And even then, it was done of school grounds and they allowed us to opt out of it entirely. Anything done on school grounds for us was “you smell now, here’s deodorant. You’ll have periods now, but shhhhhh we can’t tell the boys!”
Unregulated or underregulated homeschooling… Some Kids don’t learn anything, some only learn very extreme Views from their parents. If goverments allow homeschooling they have to control that it is done properly – If they care about the kids. In some contries homeschooling is forbidden or strictly monitored for the sake of the childrens education and health.
MOST (not all) Public schools these days aren’t any better. A lot of kids in public schools don’t learn anything- they get passed on to the next grade not even knowing how to read or write fluently—( thank you Bush 🙄.)
Homeschooling used to have a bad rep, but it’s much better than it once was. And generally, except for this situation, it’s much better than most public schools nowadays. Btw- this is a free country and democracy- the government doesn’t pay for or fund homeschooling in most states- so it shouldn’t control homeschooling. We, the tax payers, pay for public schools. Public schools are what the government is controlling and they are going down the toilet. They’re taking out classic books such as the diary of Anne frank, amongst others. They’re more concerned about feelings and a child’s sexual orientation/preference than they are teaching children how to read, do math, write, science, “etc. Heck, they don’t even teach cursive anymore. So public schools are what should be more “regulated”, if they really cared about the kids; instead of being used for a political agenda— as it is now. But they don’t care about the kids. And yes I have had children in public schools. And I know I’ll be getting a ton of thumbs down on this site- but so be it. ✌️
I just get the impression that people who neglect, abuse, starve, kill etc. their children can often hide behind “pretended homeschooling” for a long time, delaying detection and access to help for these children (e.g. Turpins)… therefore I think it would be important to protect vulnerable children to control homeschooling stricter. Thankfully where I live public schools are really okay. I am sorry that this is not the case everywhere.
Yeah- You’re right! Thank you for having an actual conversation. Me too- I got a rather good education when I went to public school. I’m glad they’re still good where you are.
Jesus God Leah…
Girls have sex when they’re teens because they’re insecure and confused about what love is. Social media doesn’t help but it’s not the cause because teen parents were a much bigger problem in the 90’s. It was a really huge problem back then and it has gotten much better. I think teenagers need to be told more about how men are and why they lie to get what they want ect so they can protect themselves
That too, but presumably some of them just want to have sex same as the boys. It’s not like womens’ libidos appear suddenly on their 20th birthdays.
Didn’t realize that “women also sometimes want to have sex” was such an unpopular opinion around here.
A different angle on that: if a teenage boy in your life confided that he felt was feeling pressured or manipulated by his girlfriend into doing sexual things he felt uncomfortable with, would you believe him and see it as a situation requiring adult intervention, or tell him that was impossible because only boys want sex?
Girls have sex in their teens because…SURPRISE…females have sex drives, too. And way to imply every man is a lying sex fiend. Because there’s obviously no good men or bad women. 🤨
Some teenagers will eventually have sex… because biologically this is what they are programmed to do (stone age people did not live that long and had to reproduce young to be able to be around to raise their offspring). So instead of limiting access to abortions try to solve the problem by its root and make contraception in form of condoms easily accessible to teenagers for free. Maybe eben make the use of condoms mandatory for teenage boys – hold them responsible for not impregnanting girls before they are ready to be fathers and also prevent the spreading of STIs.You can still favor abstinence untill adulthood, while trying to make sure that sneaky teenage sex hasn’t lifelong consequences.
i dont blame sophia for any of this sh**, the blame falls on farrah for being such a f****d parent……..
Right? She is 16 and EXTREMELY sheltered. Farah homeschools her.
“Contraception prevention” is my favorite thing she’s ever said. She was to prevent contraception and not conception? Do carry on, Farrah.
Mine is inclusion and equity. Not equality, equity.
Apart from her rather extreme views, she had some valid points: sex education is important to prevent unwanted pregnancies, access to contraceptives ist important, supporting instead of shaming pregnant teens to help them succeed in life and be good parents is a better way…. In many European countries we have that and teenage and unwanted pregnancy rates are generally low in Germany, France, Austria, etc.. Low teenage pregnancy rates mean also low abortion rates among teenagers. Teenagers are not adults, so society should be compassionate and supportive. Contraceptives can break that cycle of teen pregnancy, low education, poverty, etc. But condoms would be a more adequate option then vasectomies.
How bout this ladies? How bout yall keep your whore legs shut instead? Also, why you worried, Backdoor Mom?
Interesting how the first impulse is to police women’s bodies instead of addressing the actual topic. That is misogyny — blaming and shaming women rather than holding men to the same standard.
Also, if the only “argument” you have is to call women whores, you’ve basically admitted you have no point.
Don’t slut shame. You are massively conditioned by the patriarchy to see it all as the girls’ fault. Be better than that.
To think I had hope that Sophia wouldn’t be anything like Farrah……………always going to wonder how Sophia would have turned out had Derek’s family raised her.
Once she gets away from Farah, I bet she’ll have a different opinion. Right now, she’s extremely sheltered.
Their body dysmorphia is sad.
Farah is definitely pushing her own insecurities on Sophia. A mother’s opinions during childhood can affect a person for the rest of their life.
I’m not going to hold this degenerate crap against Sophia. She didn’t stand a chance in life.
I’m honestly impressed she’s even capable of speaking even remotely coherently. Listening to Farrah Speak 24/7 cannot be good for language development.
I feel sorry for Sophia in so many ways. I realize a lot of kids go through these kinds of phases, but I think hers is more psychological, as in she’s literally wearing masks to hide herself, there’s so much to unpack. They’re close now, but the day will soon come where Sophia offends Farrah in some way that blows up into a massive rift, I am waiting with baited breath for the tell-all!
Yup! She is keeping Sophia close right now, but I doubt that will be the case in the next five years.
His body his choice
That is no longer recognized in the USA, unfortunately.
Cos I’m not from the US, just for clarity…is she saying you don’t get taught sex Ed in school as part of the curriculum?
She should not be home schooling a fly let alone an impressionable child 🤦🏻♀️
Some states have sex ed in schools and some don’t. I’m from Texas and never had it, but my bf is from Louisiana and he had it in middle school(7th/8th grades).
I don’t think there’s too much to sex ed being taught in schools, depending on the school district students are in.
There wasn’t when I was in school in the 90’s and 2000’s. They told us about periods, tampons, showed us a traumatic birthing video, and then (high school) told us if we didn’t want to get pregnant, we should use birth control – but didn’t go into detail about what types of birth control there are, and how they work, as it was considered too controversial. That was in 2003.
When 16 & Pregnant came out in 2009, I honestly learned so much about birth control from Dr. Drew’s after show (as problematic as he is).
’m in the UK, I went to school in the 90’s and graduated in the early noughties. We were taught the sex ed you speak of but then about sex and contraception options at 16 (I think about that age). Obviously we do have teen pregnancy, but as the saying goes “where there’s a will there’s a way”
I was just curious about the American system.
If the main option discussed is child vasectomies — maybe Farrah shouldn’t be “teaching sex ed” to her teen.
In many sex education classes the only option given for prevention of pregnancies is abstinence… Just saying 😉 Maybe she was wanted to be funny or sarcastic 😉
It’s Farah so I doubt it lol
This is the second time Farrah has promoted the idea on a podcast/radio show
Farrah sure loves the words, “equity” and “inclusion.” It seems when she learns a new word, we hear it in every inane thing she says. Is she expecting the government (meaning us) to pay for vasectomy reversals, IVF, egg implantatation, etc. when these teens become adults and realize the terrible mistake they made? This is just beyond words or argument, it’s so stupid.
Okay but I’ve said this a lot?
Until you’re ready… potentially encouraging reversible vasectomies would be great???
But then the STI count would probably go way up…
Anyway I don’t think this is that crazy of a statement. Vasectomies aren’t that invasive and women are encouraged to go on drugs all the time to control their bodies. Why not teenage boys?
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Idiot
It’s scary that this is your thought process, and the fact that 3 people upvoted this idea….
Here’s a wild concept, Farrah: Things like CONDOMS exist! And birth control for women…why am I even trying to reason with this woman and her (equally insane it seems…damn, it rubs off) daughter…well, at least this means Sophia doesn’t plan on being a teen mom…
“Contraception prevention.” What in the actual fuck!?? Did these two morons get lobotomies 2 for the price of one. I had my tubes removed at 37. After 5 kids. It definitely wasn’t the worst experience, but it sure as hell would be a huge no for teens to go through as birth control. As would a vasectomy. How can they be this stupid. Just how. Ughh
It’s virtually impossible to get tubal ligation if you’re under a certain age. I’ve tried. But supposedly, vasectomies are much easier to get for men.
They are. I’ve had women tell me their husbands had to “sign off.” Completely barbaric. I ended up having a hysterectomy shortly after due to pelvic congestive syndrome. I had to wait a month after signing the papers for tubal ligation in case I “changed my mind.” 5 kids 37 years old….uhm no. Women should be allowed tubal ligation, no questions asked.
It’s seems to be her job to find outlandish things to say and do to stay relevant. Hope she doesn’t do permanent damage to Sophia.
That ship has sailed
Hopefully won’t do permanent damage? Have you seen that kid?
This ☝️
I want to know Why a people are so desperate and giving her a platform to spew this garbage and stupidity. And then those of you coming on here agreeing with it- insanity.
She’s still only 16. She has plenty of time to get away from Farah…to grow and change.
Mykol should have had one, and saved us all from farhoe and her equally as crazy kid.
High, high! Ya both high!