Murders Of New/Expectant Mothers

[MrsSpringsteen]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6732499/

"A year-long examination by The Washington Post of death-record data in states across the country documents the killings of 1,367 pregnant women and new mothers since 1990. This is only part of the national toll, because no reliable system is in place to track such cases.

Largely unseen by the public, it is a phenomenon that is as consequential as it is poorly understood. Even in the past two years — as the Laci Peterson homicide case has become a public fascination, with a jury last week recommending that her husband, Scott, be sentenced to death in her killing — little has been said about the larger convergence of pregnancy and homicide: how often it happens, why, and whether it is a fluke or a social syndrome.

The Post's analysis shows that the killings span racial and ethnic groups. In cases whose details were known, 67 percent of women were killed with firearms. Many women were slain at home — in bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens — usually by men they knew. Husbands. Boyfriends. Lovers.

The cases are not commonplace compared with other homicides but are more frequent than most people know — and have changed the way some experts think about pregnancy."

[U2Kitten]

Thisis upsetting. From husbands trying to avoid responsibility to desperate to the point of insane women looking for a baby with a shortage of healthy newborns to adopt, it's all very tragic.

[pax]

Homicide: the #1 cause of death of pregnant women in the U.S.

[U2@NYC]

Lots of crazy people in the U.S...

[dandy]

Originally posted by paxetaurora
Homicide: the #1 cause of death of pregnant women in the U.S.

usually at the hands of their significant others.





mysogyny at its worst.

[fah]

This is one of the saddest stories I have read all year

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Originally posted by paxetaurora
Homicide: the #1 cause of death of pregnant women in the U.S.

This just makes me so angry.

[Dreadsox]

[carrieluvv]

its sad
when i was pregnant with my first i was very young and my boyfriend...was such an asshole.
we were swimming and i swear he wanted to drown me. he was like pulling me down into the water it was like he was testing the procedure he may use ..and then he would say shitty things like i want to punch you in the stomach and shit. he wanted the baby to go away ,his future hung in the balance
instinctively I kept my distance from him and let him go his own way it was for the best
luckily my parents loved me unconditionally through the whole ordeal.
so we parted...and i never saw him again......
the child is now almost 17 ..talented ,smart and very handsome young man.

that crap just is so heinous (<-sp?)
those poor women and children.....
those guys are absolute cowards

[pax]

carrieluvv

What a thing to go through. to you and your child--good on you for seeing your ex-boyfriend for what he was and getting out of the situation.

[angel_of_L.A.]

Originally posted by carrieluvv
its sad
when i was pregnant with my first i was very young and my boyfriend...was such an asshole.
we were swimming and i swear he wanted to drown me. he was like pulling me down into the water it was like he was testing the procedure he may use ..and then he would say shitty things like i want to punch you in the stomach and shit. he wanted the baby to go away ,his future hung in the balance
instinctively I kept my distance from him and let him go his own way it was for the best
luckily my parents loved me unconditionally through the whole ordeal.
so we parted...and i never saw him again......
the child is now almost 17 ..talented ,smart and very handsome young man.

that crap just is so heinous (<-sp?)
those poor women and children.....
those guys are absolute cowards

You letting him go was for the better. Your son is very lucky and will be a much better man than his father will ever be and it was all because of *you*.

These stories appall me. Women, especially pregnant ones should not be hurt by people they know and love. In fact, no one should be hurt at all.

[Do Miss America]

I saw this on the Today show the other day. Horrifying.

[Moonlit_Angel]

Oh, my god, carrieluvv.... You poor thing. I'm glad you got rid of that jerk-he's so not worthy of you.

Yeah, I don't know what the f*ck is going on here, but this is scary. It almost makes me nervous about the idea of getting married someday . I don't understand how guys think they have the right to do this to women.

Angela

[Macfistowannabe]

Awful

People are sick.

I don't understand how guys think they have the right to do this to women.

I don't either, nobody should get away with it.

[MrsSpringsteen]

I'm sorry about that carrieluvv

[Pearl]

This makes me so angry.

I actually read about this in Details - a men's magazine of all places - and the article said that most of the men who do this are mama's boys who are spoiled and are used to have everything done for them. Since having a baby means taking responsibility and the man will have to compete with the baby for attention, these men look for a way out because they are cowards and aren't man enough to grow up and stop being so selfish.

Really, sometimes I think the future of male-female relations would only get worse.

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Pearl
the article said that most of the men who do this are mama's boys who are spoiled and are used to have everything done for them. Since having a baby means taking responsibility and the man will have to compete with the baby for attention, these men look for a way out because they are cowards and aren't man enough to grow up and stop being so selfish.

i would hope it takes more than selfishness and jealousy of a baby to set off a trigger to opt for murder.

[Moonlit_Angel]

Originally posted by Pearl
I actually read about this in Details - a men's magazine of all places - and the article said that most of the men who do this are mama's boys who are spoiled and are used to have everything done for them. Since having a baby means taking responsibility and the man will have to compete with the baby for attention, these men look for a way out because they are cowards and aren't man enough to grow up and stop being so selfish.

...

Okay, if that is indeed the case, and that's a big reason why these guys do this, all I have to say is grow the fuck up, you idiots.

The ironic part is that they DO get attention after they kill someone...just not the good kind.

Angela

[Macfistowannabe]

Seems like way too many people have a problem with taking responsibility. It makes me sick.

[Angela Harlem]

Originally posted by Pearl
This makes me so angry.

I actually read about this in Details - a men's magazine of all places - and the article said that most of the men who do this are mama's boys who are spoiled and are used to have everything done for them. Since having a baby means taking responsibility and the man will have to compete with the baby for attention, these men look for a way out because they are cowards and aren't man enough to grow up and stop being so selfish.

Really, sometimes I think the future of male-female relations would only get worse.

That's hard to grasp isn't it. You'd expect a reason like emotional instability combined with either fear or anger from selfishness - anger at being forced into something they may not have chosen, but not from this. You hear older people who are from generations ago say how we're different now and that responsibility is not what it used to be. It can't really be denied. Society is getting weaker as we strive to get stronger. And I dont think on the whole there is an increase in overall happiness and wellbeing.