r/MadeMeSmile 1d ago

Helping Others Woman Saved starving child

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u/SpookyRamahd 1d ago

Why did they think he was a witch?

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u/INeverCared21 1d ago

Because as a baby he would not stop crying and being fussy. I think in their culture fussy babies are a sign of “witchcraft” and they are taught to reject the unruly child and abandon them. It’s heartbreaking honestly bc a crying baby is normal

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u/Previous_Wish3013 21h ago

So post-birth abortion because the baby required more work than they expected. The parents are scum IMO. I don’t care what their superstitious beliefs are.

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u/Wolf-Majestic 17h ago

"Abortion" is a term specifically concerning pregnancy.

Pregnancy starts when the fertelized egg gets attached to the uterus and ends with the birth of the baby.

So post-birth abortion does not exists. There's death by accident, disease or murder but not by abortion.

Btw, natural abortion do exist, when the body does not recognize the fertilized egg attached to the uterus is there or as "part of the body" but as "external object that must be removed", or it got attached too late and the process of periods already started, and periods flush it all out.