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"Why are young people not having children?!"
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this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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I thought you could say "I was left alone after my friend passed" or something. It doesn't mean my friend left me purposefully but rather I was just alone after he died
It's about the framing. The focus is on the baby being "left alone," with passive language implying that somebody did that to them. Meanwhile, the mother's death is treated as an afterthought, only relevant as a circumstance in the baby's story.
Yes. Because people who read local news stories tend to care more about infants than adults.
FTFY
This was a living infant that in all likelihood the mother wanted to live. Celebrating its survival seems hardy "anti-choice", even as the mother met a tragic end.
These mouth breathers call themselves "Pro-life" and all they care about is getting babies born. They couldn't give a crap if the kid is living well after that. And they certainly don't give a flying fuck about the mother. Otherwise they wouldn't elect assholes who promise to cut low income benefits and free school lunch programs. They believe that being against abortion will get them into heaven and that's is all they really care about. That and growing their insane death cult membership rolls.
But what do those people you call out have to do with this story? There's no details one way or the other for the most part.
There's no evidence that she was forced to have the child against her will.
There's no evidence that it was apparent that she was in particular need of support, no evidence she was kicked out prematurely from the hospital, and no statement about whether the cause of death even relates to having given birth.
There's no evidence that the life of the infant was in any way prioritized over the life of the mother, the mother was already dead.
Maybe one of these will turn out to be the case, but at the moment it's a bit presumptious to state this relates.