Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Pregnant criminal

I believe the mother should be able to give birth to the child if that is her decision, however the child should go into protective care or a foster home while the mother is serving her time. Commiting a crime while pregnant is not exactly showing a potential good mother but it she should still have the choice of whether to have the baby or not. Once the mother has served her time in prison the child should have a choice of whether to move back in with her real mom or stay in foster care, depending on how well the mother did while serving her time. There would also have to be a certain group of people hired to make sure the mother would be financial sound to take care of the child and interview the mother to gather as much information as to whether she would be able to take care of the child.
Another option would be to have the child just move in with the father which would also depend on how financially sound he is and whether he is a good enough citizen to raise the child.

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