14 year old Girl that killed her newborn baby

[lapislzi]

39. I freely admit to speculating.

You don't have any more facts than I do.

I was speaking in hypotheticals and who, in a (perhaps) more enlightened situation bears responsibility for what. This ain't that.

I'm not disagreeing with you, believe it or not. I have no reason to desire to pick a fight with you. Beyond the mechanics, we don't know the circumstances surrounding the girl's becoming pregnant. I have a hard time believing that anybody exercised any conscious choice over anything--except this girl's horribly misguided, awful, tragic decision to commit infanticide. And responsibility? Clearly, nobody's accepting responsibility for their own body in this scenario.

If the girl had "wanted" a baby, then why would she kill it at birth? That doesn't make any sense.

The point I was trying to make is that in a consensual sexual relationship, responsibility for contraception lies with both parties. If the male absolutely, positively, does not want to make the woman pregnant, he'd better be damned sure that either he or his partner is using reliable contraception. I don't think enough people think these things through.

Again, that has no bearing on this story. At least I don't think so, based on the sketchy information presented.