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Teen Is Going To Jail For Killing Her Newborn In The Toilet - The Villains (Original Post) ItsjustMe Jul 2023 OP
Asshole narrator notwithstanding Warpy Jul 2023 #1
I totally agree. delisen Jul 2023 #2
Apparently this occurred at the emergency room of a small hospital in a smallish town No Vested Interest Jul 2023 #3

Warpy

(114,676 posts)
1. Asshole narrator notwithstanding
Sun Jul 9, 2023, 01:42 PM
Jul 2023

the most heinous crime here is the intense shaming of pregnant girls ingrained into our culture and the terror they feel when it comes to admitting what's going on to themselves or anyone else..

This isn't the first time this has happened and it won't be the last.

A first degree murder charge is silly. I sincerely hope it gets plea bargained down to manslaughter, a much more appropriate charge, given an extremely traumatic birth into a toilet, the teenaged mother locked into denial, terror, and extreme shame.

That snotty, censorious narrator hasn't got a clue. Maybe he needs some comprehensive sex education, too.

delisen

(7,423 posts)
2. I totally agree.
Sun Jul 9, 2023, 01:49 PM
Jul 2023

Last edited Sun Jul 9, 2023, 03:08 PM - Edit history (1)

The hospital also knew she was in danger of self harm. Where was their crisis counselor.

Did this atrocious, patriarchal,judgemental narrator ever ask about the father? Or the responsibility of the hospital.

No Vested Interest

(5,300 posts)
3. Apparently this occurred at the emergency room of a small hospital in a smallish town
Sun Jul 9, 2023, 11:03 PM
Jul 2023

in the evening.
No ob-gyn present.

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