Abortion II

[GrayMouser]

The day after this came up, there was a headline in the paper about a mother giving birth, and then killing her baby- she lived with her parents, no-one noticed she was pregnant, gave birth in the basement- I thought it was the same story, but this one was in Tennessee-

District Attorney General Ray Whitley said he will argue during a Monday bond hearing that Lowe should remain in jail and that there is potential for the death penalty in this case. She has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/...d_8685465.html

I guess that's better.

These cases are depressingly common, and almost always follow one of two patterns

1) a young street kid /poor woman alone who feels she has no-one to turn to

2) a woman/girl who doesn't want her family to know

Given all the options available, including safe haven laws, these are obviously women with problems.

I think some kind of institutionalisation is required, but murder/manslaughter charges are too much.