I think it has to. It has been this way for many centuries. For some reason a few decades ago people started calling the girls who reach puberty "underage" while in fact, they are mature enough for sex. The girls who give birth when they are 14 y.o. breed the most healthy children. It has nothing to do with pedophilia since being sexually attracted to young females is a completely natural thing.
Citation needed, since IIRC it's generally not a good thing physically for a child to be born in the first few years after puberty is reached, tho that may be just the effects upon a mother who has not yet finished growing herself. In any case, as creepy as most moderns find ephebophilia, it's not a US-only issue, so I'm moving this from USGD to Political Debate.
