r/interesting • u/IshigamiSenku04 • 1d ago

This woman never had a baby bump throughout her pregnancy MISC.

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The baby was totally fine

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Oh yea that makes some sense. Still, better to at least drop them at the fire department or similar place. I think even my local bus operator puts the sign on all their vehicles.

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago

not everyone has access to those places, and the threat of persecution that exists around not wanting to be pregnant or raise a child makes it dangerous for women to seek these places out. abandonment, endangerment, and negligence are all charges that can be slapped on these unwilling mothers

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u/weggaan_weggaat 1d ago

Yes, I imagine that leaving them at a police station would be fraught with...challenges.

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u/Colemania18 1d ago

There is no excuse for leaving a helpless innocent baby to die in a trash can

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u/GildedLily16 1d ago

There are many reasons one would do so, and I do think it could be excusable. Fear is a major motivator, but it doesn't always leave one rational. Add in the hormonal changes, the emotional toll this decision likely takes, and they decide it's better that the baby be able to make noise and has a chance to be found than to strangle the baby and become a monster.

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago

wish you had been one of em, bud

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u/Colemania18 1d ago

School shooters have mental health issues and tragic back stories too, do you also excuse them for their actions?

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u/Riddles_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

to an extent, yeah. they’re a symptom of the absolutely horrific state of mental health care in the us. if you don’t have enough empathy to understand that then go develop some

edit: to anyone who thinks they’d respond differently than the young women forced into these situations, read this: https://www.nwhjournal.org/article/S1091-5923(15)30495-7/abstract

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u/Colemania18 1d ago

You're such a joke and a perfect example of the awful state of the Internet