Shortly after reading Sofia’s article, I stumbled upon this story.

A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to swinging her 4-week-old son like a bat to hit her boyfriend during a fight, fracturing the infant’s skull in the process.

The argument was made in her defense that the child was actually hurt during the fight between the two adults and that she claimed she swung the child to protect her boyfriend. The child has now recovered and is living with the woman’s parents, along with her four other children.

Why we as a society are not THROWING condoms and birth control at every woman on the planet is beyond me. It is irresponsible to have a child if you are not of sound mind enough to know that it is unhealthy for the child to use him or her as a weapon. Some things will never cease to amaze.

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