Man kills newborn daughter because he couldn't afford to keep her

[TheEndlessSleep]

This is why idiots and evil bastards shouldn't breed...

Did he honestly think that death by cinderblock was the best option, or was he just fucked up in the head?

 

[Bassik]

The horrified reactions on this incident makes me keep my faith in humanity, at least. There's still hope with people like you.

 

[FamoFunk]

Makes me sick to my stomach.

There were so many options like adoption, and just asking for some form of help.

I hope he rots in hell, sick bastard.

 

[AdamRBi]

To be fair... no, I'm sorry, there is no way to be fair about the murder of a small, living child in such a way. I'm all for abortion in the early stage of development, to where it's still a mess of cells with form and not yet a creature with a beating heart and functioning brain, but this?

Ok, obvious disgust response over, time for a real issue here. Abortions and the lack of proper Safe Sex alternatives.

Abortions have been bought up in this topic already, and it's a fine line to tred, though no one would disagree that if she had gotten some form of abortion early on in the pregnancy this Baby Murder would be a non-issue and this happy little couple wouldn't be in as deep of shit as they are now. If it was a planned pregnancy but they just realized too late they wouldn't be able to support it then I apologize. That being said putting it up for adoption is always a safer, and less awkward plan then straight up murder. Also, I highly doubt this was planned.

There's also no chance this was an accidental impregnation, this girl obviously doesn't know the concept of safe sex being that the article includes "Fitzpatrick and Barrise already had a 1-year-old boy together. She reportedly had 5 other children by different men."

So, mark one lost cause for humanities control over it's own future.

 

[jthm]

1 other child by him and 5 others by "other men". Also, not her husband, boyfriend.

My mistake. Still, she's 28. She probably doesn't have a great education, and if they can't afford a baby to the point of not going to a hospital, I doubt they have great access to family planning services. Her situation isn't that surprising, it happens to women all over the world who are uneducated and have poor access to family planning.

Baby girl survived birth. Could have left it on a doorstep. Take her children away from her, give them to social services. Give the woman therapy and mandatory courses on childcare before she can have them back. Give the man a sharp poke with a deadly needle.

 

[feather240]

And yet nobody frowns upon abortion, even though this is exactly the same thing.

I don't know, what gets killed with abortion hasn't reached a state of consciousness yet but a baby is just horrid. But I guess you've got a point, we're just being hypocrites.

See this.

However, and I'm gonna be hated for saying this, I don't think this guy should be charged as harshly as if he'd killed a grown child or adult. It's only a newborn baby it's not got any real feelings or emotions the same as, say, a 1 year old does.

I hate to agree with you but yeah, the baby really didn't have any feelings or emotions, but the guy should still be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

 

[Garolymar]

That is just Gruesome, that guy definitely needs a mental evaluation if killing the poor child was plan A.

 

[Do4600]

And yet nobody frowns upon abortion, even though this is exactly the same thing.

Cause when women go into an abortion clinic a doctor drops a cinder block on her womb five or six times?

 

[Do4600]

Yeah, this guy obviously has mental problems if his first thought was; "Must kill baby."

Also, take precautions if you can't afford a child, there is no excuse for this.

 

[goldendriger]

Okay...um, good and bad. Bad=dead baby, good= this is now public, i assume he got arrested. If he didnt, he's not going to have a fun time, since he will be like universally despised. If he DID go to jail, well looks like the inmates have a new play thing.

 

[Dastardly]

full story http://sandrarose.com/2011/06/man-drops-cinderblock-on-newborn-because-he-couldnt-afford-to-keep-her/

Summary - Man from northern Pennsylvania couldn't afford to keep his newborn baby. His wife ended up having her baby in her car in the parking lot of a super market and the husband told her that he would "take care of it". He ended up taking the baby to his job and killing it by dropping a cinder block on its head.

disscusion any thoughts on this

This man should be forced to name this baby, and to have that named tattooed on his forearm.

And yet nobody frowns upon abortion, even though this is exactly the same thing.

No, just no.

Why the no? At least explain your response if you say something.

Abortion is performed much earlier in the development process, well before any true awareness is possible or demonstrated. Also, it is performed in a controlled clinical environment by someone who knows how to do these things. It is not performed with a goddamned cinderblock by a psychopath on a newborn child.

Don't think of me as one of those inconsistent abortion apologists, though. Yes, I think abortion should remain an option, for many reasons. Adoption isn't as viable as people like to think, kids growing up in a home in which they are resented aren't going to be very healthy, and there are quite a few people that shouldn't have kids. But I certainly recognize abortion as wrong. It is the intentional, premature ending of a human life, and there is no scientific reason to call it anything else.

It is, however, understandable in some cases. On the other extreme, consider the old "starving person stealing to eat/stealing to feed family." Is it wrong? Yep, no question. It's still stealing, and I might be causing someone else to starve now. But would I steal to feed my starving family? In a heartbeat. I simply wouldn't try to whitewash or defend it as "okay."

Abortion is quite wrong. Yet it is often understandable, and preferable to the very few alternatives out there--which are not as viable as people who've never been in those situations seem to think. And it is different from this instance because of when and how it is performed.

 

[MasterOfHisOwnDomain]

He should spend the rest of his life in a four by four padded room and think about what he's done. Death would be too quick and too easy a get out for this guy.