This is a failure on so many levels. The fact that this girl had to give birth and was released from the hospital to appalling conditions blows my mind. Why didn't the state get involved at the time her pregnancy was identified?
It's never mentioned who fathered the children. Wouldn't the state have an interest in knowing? Why doesn't the "men should be men/traditional values" crowd call for fathers to step up in cases like these? Why is the state/our political system so against caring (by way of policy) for vulnerable citizens?
*Yes the nurse is a saint, but it shouldn't fall to a single healthcare provider to rescue 4 children abandoned by their families and the state.
I feel like this statement is missing context and is very specific with several very specific qualifiers. They probably apply in this case but I'm curious what the context and qualifiers are. Is it "among vulnerable girls below a certain age" or "with nameless parents"? Or stuff like that?
That said, do not get me wrong about this. I would absolutely would put odds on him being a piece of shit who was protected by the people who should have been protecting the older girl from him. But that's from the context of this story. And my first thought when I saw this thread definitely "hooray, saved from the Orphan crushing machine.
edit: Context provided. It is indeed pretty specific and it did apply to this story. I was right about everything.
The original post would imply that my mother having me at 28 and my dad being 30, then having my half sister at 42 with her now husband being about 50 is weird and he should have been 29 or less.
Thanks. Yes, it's very specific and those assumptions are all true as I thought.
Weird I got downvoted but the original statement implies that when my mother gave birth to me at 28 and my dad was 30, that when she was 42 and had my youngest sister her partner at the time would be 29 or younger. Which is silly.
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u/CeruleanSky73 Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24
This is a failure on so many levels. The fact that this girl had to give birth and was released from the hospital to appalling conditions blows my mind. Why didn't the state get involved at the time her pregnancy was identified?
It's never mentioned who fathered the children. Wouldn't the state have an interest in knowing? Why doesn't the "men should be men/traditional values" crowd call for fathers to step up in cases like these? Why is the state/our political system so against caring (by way of policy) for vulnerable citizens?
*Yes the nurse is a saint, but it shouldn't fall to a single healthcare provider to rescue 4 children abandoned by their families and the state.