This is what we said would happen. We were told we were being paranoid, we were told we were overreacting, we were told it wouldn’t be that bad. I am so sick and tired of being ignored. At what point will people begin to listen to us?
I vehemently oppose the abortion bans, but who says these mothers face jail time for abandoning? Texas has legal ways to abandon a child within 60 days. They do have to answer medical questions, and I don’t want to downplay the guilt or shame one might feel abandoning a child, but it’s not a crime.
There are also ways to voluntarily put children up for adoption after the 60 days but you would have to take part in the legal process and it’s a lot harder to do emotionally. Of course this gets complicated if one parent wants the child and the other doesn’t, if grandparents are involved, and just generally if social pressure and guilt leads you to not surrender a child when you really can’t take care of them. You would face jail time if you neglected your child, and typically the same folks against abortion are also against social services like childcare.
The abandonment is simply bad since they have baby boxes in Texas (according to Google) which is a safe and legal way how to do it. The whole abortion ban is idiotic but that doesn’t mean that you should just abandon the child when it is born.
EDIT: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but in this case I think the downvotes are downright imbecilic. Like why would you advocate for pointless endangering of a child that’s already been born. In both cases you get rid of the child but with baby box it is safe and legal so why wouldn’t you do it this way when you have (at least in this case) the option?
Yeah I know and I agree that it is bad. Still it is a difference to leave a baby in a baby box instead of a dumpster. Like if you have the chance to use it….why not to?
Well, kids that had just given birth are in a state of shock and aren't thinking rationally, and they might not know of these drop off locations-- something that could be taught in sex ed.
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u/Admirable-Sink-2622 Aug 27 '24
Jail if you terminate - jail if you abandon.
Women have been turned into second class citizens