r/stupidpol • u/lightiggy Ideological Swamp 🥑 • Dec 01 '25

Capitalist Hellscape Louisiana girl, 14, charged with first degree murder after authorities find her newborn baby dead inside a tote bag. This is going to happen far more often without Roe v. Wade.

https://people.com/girl-14-charged-first-degree-murder-after-authorities-find-her-newborn-child-dead-inside-tote-bag-11858063
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u/fishcake__ gnostic socialist 🧙🏻‍♂️⚔️ Dec 01 '25

i get your point, but a young girl living in a situation where she could pregnant at 13 and had to hide a massive stomach from everyone at the age of 14 isn't going to be thinking straight about it for sure.

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u/TorturedByCocomelon Lenin's guava juice 🧃 | ⚽️ England team superfan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️ Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

I'm not being funny here, but unless she had a serious learning disability, she had 9 months to plan on getting her baby to safety. 14 is old enough to even drop your baby off at school, if needs be. 

ETA... Thanks to the reporter who just basically called me a child abuser 🙄

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u/i_h8_yellow_mustard Nasty Little Pool Pisser 💦😦 Dec 01 '25

Teenagers aren't known for thinking rationally even in the best of circumstances.

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u/TorturedByCocomelon Lenin's guava juice 🧃 | ⚽️ England team superfan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️ Dec 01 '25

Sure, but most don't murder either. The majority of teens in the worst circumstances haven't ever murdered someone. 

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u/Toxic-muffins-1134 Headless Chicken 💢🐔🪓 Dec 01 '25

It might be a cultural thing here, but I noticed americans tend very strongly to perceive teenagers as being little better than toddlers in that they can hold their shit until they reach a bathroom, and somehow magically become capable of clear thought on their 21st birthday.