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** Trigger Warning** Child Death. Title altered by Mumsnet. **Student given life in prison with no parole for dumping her baby.

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FrameyMcFrame · 28/08/2016 18:51

www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/college-student-gave-birth-toilet-8705537
This U.S student has been given life without parole for giving birth and dumping the baby, who subsequently died.
I feel incredibly sorry for her, and angry that men never have to go through this sort of terrible ordeal. In no way do I condone what she did, but I think the way society is set up makes things like this happen. If things were easier for women undergoing unplanned pregnancy and stigmas were removed, tragic things like this just wouldn't happen. Why should this person have to suffer for the rest of her life, she's literally just a kid herself.

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IcedVanillaLatte · 28/08/2016 18:59

She's a 21 year old adult woman who killed a baby.

Having said that, she was under pressure and in a situation in which it is known that people sometimes behave in strange ways. But then most killers are.

I believe she shouldn't go to prison for life because I believe that's not an appropriate punishment for everyone who kills and would reserve it for extreme cases or those where there's no remorse or a high risk of recidivism. But in no way is she a child.

OlennasWimple · 28/08/2016 18:56

Whilst I agree that the US has a long way to go to improve access to family planning services it is also relatively simple here to give a baby up for adoption and there is no shortage of people who would have wanted to parent baby Addison.

Emile murdered her baby, and there are consequences to that Sad