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- goeatsmsht, on 10/12/2007, -10/+317What. The. *****.
- wtfersk8s, on 10/12/2007, -7/+178so what about her umbilical cord... she just chew it off?
- floridiot2, on 10/12/2007, -14/+183Hey, they're not used to seeing babies born in San Francisco. :D
- Skunkhair, on 10/12/2007, -7/+143Madness?! THIS IS...wait... you're right... this is madness.
- addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -2/+117Wouldn't walking away hurt after having delivered a baby? I mean with all the stretching and the "just had a baby come out" feeling (not that I would know). On second thought, I don't really want to know, don't tell me.
- Layne, on 10/12/2007, -5/+98HHHHUUUUNNNNNGGHHHHH!!!! *plop* *innocent whistle as she sneaks off*
- bstew22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+84gives new meaning to "Dropping the kids off...."
and. omg wtf. - EzarKun, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71I am suspecting this may not be her first time.
- goonie916, on 10/12/2007, -4/+71Understandable. 5 second rule, anyone?
- deviouskoopa, on 10/12/2007, -5/+66She had Tom Green take care of it.
- scoot87, on 10/12/2007, -1/+59Cocaine is a helluva drug
- SnowPuffKing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53What chord comes out during child birth? A minor?
- merdiesel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+47I posted this comment for another story a month ago...
http://digg.com/world_news/Dump_your_children_here_box_to_stop_mothers_killing_their_babies
...its really sad that the same comment fits perfectly with this story.
"My good friend is a paramedic in Oakland, CA. He told me about this case where this pregnant hooker had her baby on a sidewalk and left it there. The baby was stillborn but still, a really sad story never the less. It really sucks how much people in this world have so little value for human life." - Shaman760, on 10/12/2007, -3/+46The baby will be put up for adoption, adopted by a caring and loving family. The bio-mom will get off drugs eventually, get cleaned up, and go after the parental rights of the kid....sadly, she'll probably win.
- sysoprock, on 10/12/2007, -10/+45What the article doesn't even mention is that she actually delivered the baby onto a bum who was taking a dump on the sidewalk.
- melbourne28, on 10/12/2007, -9/+44This is madness!
- LiquidFusion, on 10/12/2007, -10/+41This is why some people should just be sterilized. This way, it spares both the unborn child and the rest of society.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34It must be madness because it's definitely not delicious.
- jiggawoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25FTA - He observed that the sidewalk birth was, in a way, probably "the best thing that could have happened to that child."
I tend to agree. At least this way the child has a chance to grow up within a decent family environment. Could you imagine if she had kept it? - KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -8/+31maybe she was late for her yoga class?
- crime_think, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30"What's that officer? This blood on my skirt here? Oh, no no. I just had a lil' bloody nose! Y'know, had to wipe it somewhere! That's all.
I swear." - Layne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24"Californayhnyah, super cool to the homeless"
- Nbonez5, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28@ Sepultura
In my experience with delivery, having given birth to 4 children, i find it is quite relaxing to go on a little jog, just to get rid of the stretch marks. I mean 9 months of no running makes me feel fat and pregnant like. - AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22She will. I've been involved with the system, fighting for the rights of good parents, and have learned that often the good parents lose the kids permanently and the bad ones get them back. She'll eventually get the baby back from a good, adoptive family, and then she'll go on welfare.
- fantasticFlan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Little bit of biology: the umbilical cord is attached to the placenta which is also birthed.
- purple, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Would you like the police handing you a baby every-time you got a little blood on your skirt?
I know I wouldn't. - Nbonez5, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23I want my baby back baby back baby back
- adamcurtis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I, for one, think it's seriously ***** up.
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"mommy i wanna know who my real parents are! tell me! tell me!."
"you were born on a sidewalk in san francisco and abandoned by a mentally ill woman and we have no idea who your father was"
"oh.." - diggduggjoe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16FTA, she appeared to be psychotic. Maybe, from years of stimulant use. Not much different from many youngsters in order to be allowed in school. I hate to say it, but the guy from the article was right. Being born in public was probably great for the child. In private, it could have found itself in a garbage disposal or dumpster.
It is sad that woman was pregnant. I doubt she even understands the actions which lead to the conception. It would not be too surprising to find out she was a crack whore putting out for whatever got her another hit. I only hope I am wrong for the the kid's sake. After hearing about this woman, I suppose Sheryl Crow is still up for Woman of the Year. - aukxsona, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16How is it sad and sick to pick up an unwanted child and raise him as your own. I have plenty of my own but I was raised there is always room for one more...and obviously he needed a home. Sadder to leave him to die...right?
- nazsco, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17it's delicious, but c'mon, you don't pick food off the sidewalk... grosss!
- Haplo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15@wtfersk8s - the cord is connected to the placenta. After the baby the placenta is born. So she left the baby with the cord and the placenta all together.
- HarryCallahan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14People are more progressive in San Francisco, more ahead of the curve.
- EmperorAwesome, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13I wonder where she went to finishing school.
- DiggzDE, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11What they fail to state clearly is that this lady was not an actual paying "resident" of San Francisco. She was a bum. Politely saying "She has no known address" and that she seemed to exhibit "psychotic behaviors" is their beating around the bush way of stating that she was one of their dillusional, often mentally ill homeless people. A bum who lives on the streets.
I used to live right by San Fran and can honestly say that it is ridden with homeless.
btw: Never go into public bathrooms over there (like at McDonalds, Borders, Coffeshops, etc) before 10am because they always are being occupied by homeless. And the homeless don't have houses, so they aren't keen to locking the door. - ciaotanini, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11She could have at least had a clever sign like most of the bums in the city. That guy with the "My wife is being held hostage, and I'm .49 cents short" sign always cracks me up.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Nobody puts baby on a sidewalk!
- bloodguard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"Police had to restrain Matthews, who exhibited psychotic behavior and appeared to be suffering from mental illness, said Casciato."
Just think. ~9 months ago some lucky guy was getting busy with this lovely flower. - vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11With 6 billion plus people on the planet, and millions more being born every day, and the fact that pretty much any 12-42 year old female can create one, there really is no inherient value to any single life. The human species will survive, and from natures point of view, thats ALL that matters.
- solodude59, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10speak for yourself stevealford
- stevealford, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10If a baby eats its own afterbirth in a pool of blood on a sidewalk and no one is around to see it, do its cries afterward make a sound?
Also, I agree with MisterFlaut: modern medicine has convinced us that a doctor and full medical staff need to devote immediate attention to newborns or they'll DIE. This just goes to show that nature knows what it's doing. A baby is born, the mother walks off, the baby doesn't die on the spot... whattaya know. Maybe people will stop paying thousands of dollars to deliver at a hospital and start doing home births again. Then again... probably not. After all, who will charge you $500 for another unnecessary proceedure after that birth for all male babies if you deliver at home? - Rooster99, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9*FART*................*SNNNNIIIIF* "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
- Y0tsuya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"Matt Stone and Tray Parker are having multiple orgasms right now"
Umm...That doesn't sound...quite...right... - Tarnum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7stevealford: Yes, a woman can give birth at home, with the help of home-trained midwife. 80% of the pregnancies are classified as low risk.
However, the other 20% will have complications that require trained obstetrician staff and equipment to save the baby or the mother. I'm talking about heavy bleeding, premature births, non-progression. In the past, most of them were fatal. - edmdusty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Fifth and Stevenson = right behind the big fancy mall they just build. LOL
- openyoureyes17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6howard k. stern has just stepped up as the baby's father
- vhold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/rrh/rrh_slides/rrh_2.html
"Fineberg compares the dangers of childbirth in the Western world and developing countries. In American and Europe, one in 4,000 women die during childbirth. In Africa, the number increases shockingly to one in fourteen. "The differences in the reality of the current dangers to life and health in the course of reproduction are a stark reminder of the disparities in health and life opportunity between the advanced and the developing worlds," Feinberg states. The conference addresses issues about this discrepancy and explores the ways in which science can enable us to solve this problem."
Giving birth is dangerous. Doing so without a doctor, given the choice, is a very unwise. - smackhero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@BackMask: you can get off your high horse now.
the article reports that the woman exhibited psychotic behavior and the police suspected her of suffering from mental illness. she also has no known local address, so she's probably a vagrant. a lot of homeless people in the U.S. suffer from some kind of mental illness, which is why they have difficulty holding a job (aside from the vicious pattern caused by being in such a position).
so unless you're willing to lobby for legislation to increase mental health facilities in urban areas with a large homeless population, maybe you should stop pretending to be morally superior to the mother with your self-righteous condemnation of her actions. she is likely as much a victim as the infant. mentally ill homeless persons are victims of our societal shortcomings, and your judgment of such an individual, calling her a "mentally retarded bitch," exhibits precisely the same lack of empathy and cold indifference towards these poor individuals that allows the suffering of this significant population to continue to be ignored.
most other developed nations have nearly eliminated the problem of homelessness in their society with social safety nets and publicly-funded mental health facilities for those who truly are incapable of taking care of themselves--as this woman clear is. yet we in the U.S. continue to villainize the poor, and treat these hapless individuals with the greatest disdain. we would rather lock up our poor in prisons than to help them or afford them the basic dignity that any human-being deserves. perhaps if she were being taken care of in a mental health facility--which provide counseling in addition to physical necessities--she would not have had to give birth to a child she was not capable of taking care of, or perhaps the medical staff would have overseen the pregnancy and adoption process, instead of leaving it to chance that a security guard saw the woman giving birth on the sidewalk.
your false sense of moral superiority over a mentally indigent woman is undeserved. -
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