The mother did not commit a crime. We cannot assume she is unfit as a mother because we were not provide with details that would prove as much. The father has a drug problem, they had to move recently due to a flood, he confronted his wife at her place of employment, he’s a shrimper, he demanded money, and threw their children off a bridge, therefore, she is an unfit mother? It is not that cut and dry.
You and I are in complete disagreement when siding on the issue of sterilization. Our Founding Fathers did not risk everything, including their lives, so that our government could command such authority. But that is another matter all together.
The social/economic/political/moral issues that have impacted our society in this way cannot be completely, let alone touched on, addressed on this thread, or even in one book for that matter.
I would agree that laws need to actually be enforced. Drug dealers should be executed. Drug addicts should be incarcerated.
One thing is true; she won’t be accused of being an unfit mother in the near future. She has no more babies to be accused of neglecting.
I will not say that this mother is unfit, though. As a parent, she has my prayers and sympathy.
I seriously doubt that's true, unless she's had a miscarriage or abortion since arriving at the hospital. Given the ages of the 4 murdered children, it's extremely likely that the next one is already on the way.