No doubt she'll be Disfellowshipped. Probably be extremely discouraged from marrying the worldy boy, or encouraged for him to become a dub. Unless she has a supportive family, she'll have a life of hell. If she is repentant after the baby is born, she'll probably be re-instated into the cogregation, if that's waht she wants.

I have seen this scenatio re-inacted many times in the over 40 years that I was a jw.

NMG

Oh dear…., Jim..!! What have you been up to….

If it was something like a one night stand then she may not get D’fd. There was a case like that in the hall that I used to go to. She did go onto marry the person she got involved with and they are still together. He never became a JW but she was a talking point for a long time, severely frowned upon. But if it was an ongoing thing, and she got in the club that way then she would be put out for sure.

But if she is 16 then she might not be baptised, and therefore would not come under those rules as such, although it might damage the fathers position, if he is in any standing.

Big hello to you BTW. You did well not to become a JW. Well done.

Lantana,

There is no set age when a child can be baptised.  I've seen it happen when a kid was 10 years old.

In my old congregation, there was an 18 year old girl who got pregnant.  She was just reproved, but I think she had to promise not to see the guy anymore.  I figure they would rather reprove a pregnant girl in hopes of retaining her child.   ***shudder***

and nine:

but probably not a four- or five-year-old:

I was 17 when I got pregnant and I was baptized at age 13.  They were going to df me until my dad took me outside and threatend me that if I didn't show some respect and repentance and they df'd me he would through me out of the house.  That was always his weapon, I'll kick you out of this house if you don't.........

So I went back in cried alot, said I'm sorry I'll do whatever you want me to (including promising to never see the baby's father again).  They reprooved me and I guess I'm still on reproof 25 years later cause I left when I turned 18.  Can you be on reproof for 25 years

My dad had to step down as an elder and mom stopped pioneering.

nj

If a witless becomes pregnant (and is not married), that generally amounts to fornication.  There may be exceptions, such as if someone is raped while incapacitated and the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger has a current stand that it is not currently the victim's fault at the time of the incident).

To them, fornication appears to be the most serious sin one could commit (second, of course, to apostasy).  I judge that from the amount of time and energy they devote to preventing people from having access to any opportunities to do it.  If you are baptized, you will face a judicial committee and, if they decide you are not repentant, you will get disfellowshipped.  If you are not baptized, it will hold you back from baptism.  If you are an unbaptized publisher, you will lose that "privilege".

It really doesn't matter whether it is with a worldly person or another witless (though if another witless, there will be two people hauled up to the back room instead of just one).  Marrying the person you did fornication with generally will not stop them from disfellowshipping you, and that is doubly so with a worldly person.  You will be ordered to stop seeing each other (if you are both witlesses) to show "repentance".  If it's a worldly person, you will have to give up all contact except getting them into the cancer to prove repentance.

To me, the whole business is hogwash.  The only thing I can see about fornication is that, if you have a baby, it's your responsibility for the next 18 years (and in some countries, it's 21).  And there is the risk of catching a disease (though that can be offset by reduced risk of other diseases if the sex stimulates your immune system).  Other than that, they are really creating major problems where no problem should exist.

I fell pregnant at 18 and was not baptised, I had a JC and was not allowed to do any field ministry for about 8 months, after that I faithfully atttended all meetings and bible study, they allowed me to get baptised when baby was 11months old. I had my cards marked and never had any close friends, i was not invited to anything and was shown no loving kindness. I was ENCOURAGED to marry the father who was not a JW so dont know why that was.

anyway I left when my little one was nearly five, when the two congos that shared the hall, a pioneer sister organised a picnic, and everyone was invited apart from me and my little girl, I was aux pioneer at the time, their reason for not inviting me........ my little girl was not a good assoiciate......... i left the witnesses two months later, still being an aux pioneer when i left.