An unmarried medical student gave birth to a baby mid-flight and tried to flush the baby down the toilet last Thursday. The woman was returning to India after studying abroad.
According to Jezebel, "The infant was found stuck in the toilet after the plane landed, and had to be taken to Amritsar's Fortis Escorts hospital still attached to the bowl; doctors used a saw to free its head."
The baby is still in critical condition, while the mother (who was arrested after being discovered) is listed as "stable" She will be questioned after being evaluated, medically and psychologically.
According to CNN, in India sex before marriage is considered a taboo and just earlier this year Indian courts ruled live-in relationships not illegal.
Abandoning newborns is an offense punishable up to seven years in jail in India.
I pity this girl.
I don't know how long she had been abroad, so I don't know if she was impregnated before her study abroad or during. This story makes me feel sick especially because this girl (some reports say 22, others 25) could be almost any girl, from any county. I know a lot of girls from my school who go abroad end up having flings with men from foreign countries-- some even retain long distance boyfriends for months-- and this could be them.
I can't imagine how desperate and scared she might have felt if she believed her only course of action was to get rid of the baby on a plane.
But my sympathy ends there: there is no excuse for abandoning a child like that.
An abortion, staying in a foreign country until the the baby is born and giving it up there-- she had other options if she couldn't keep the baby.
I'm sure she knew she was pregnant for at least a little while before giving birth, just enough time to give it a little thought about what to do with the baby.
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What do you think she should have done? Have you ever heard of any other crazy ways people have abandoned kids? What are your thoughts on this sad story?
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Comments (125)
It breaks my heart. There are other options.
Poor baby.
WOW...that's heartbreaking..
What a messed up person. What she did was absolutely pathetic. If you aren't going to keep a child, either abort it or stay until you can give it up. What she did was infantcide. She tried to murder a newborn.
That's disgusting. I feel sorry for her, but imagine how scared that baby was, being stuck in a toilet. She left a living person to die in an airplane toilet. She should have to pay the consequences.
At the same time, India's culture and its laws are partly to blame. This woman clearly felt as though she had no other option, and that means something was wrong, societally.
Repulsive.
Holy shit snacks. Crazy bitch.
That girl is truly crazy!
Crazy.
I feel sorry for the child.. not her. Everyone should be held responsibility for their actions.
That's horrible. It's one of those "prom-night dumpster baby" stories, I suppose?
This is not something stable people do, the girl needs help.
That is absolutely, ridiculously sickening. And they're calling her STABLE? What the heck? There's nothing stable about that.
What people do to preserve their own image is amazing.
WTF. DUMB BITCH should be sent to jail... take responsibility for your actions..you can't just flush your "mistakes" away.. ugggh
How could ANYONE do that to their child?!
ohmygosh... thats *horrible* people don't value baby's anymore... I wanna go and cry now.. that was so incredibly selfish.
if she was studying for a medical liscence....would any ever trust her as a doctor after this incident?
Abandoning a baby is a willful act and I think she should suffer for it. I believe she was scared and can sympathize but thats no excuse for being selfish and cruel. Def keep updating this story if you can...I'd like to know what happens
This is sad. Related fact: I'm pretty sure you can abandon your baby at a fire station if you must give it up, and face no charges. In the US, that is.
"I was born with a toilet bowl attached to my head; My mom tried to flush me away in an airplane toilet."
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I don't sympathize with her at all. Guess what? If you don't want the consequences then don't have sex. Or if you do, use some God damn protection.
She's a stupid selfish bitch. She thinks her fucking reputation is more important than another person's LIFE? That's repulsive. I don't care what the NORM is in India, come on. What would people look down on more? You having a baby and raising it well, or trying to flush it down a fucking toilet. Stupid stupid bitch.
That seriously pissed me off. She should get a lot more than 7 years for that. That wasn't child abandonment that was a murder attempt.
She should fucking die if she did that in her right mind.
She is simply pathetic. If you cannot handle having a baby then dont have sex!
I don't know why she kept it to term. If she gave birth to it, then she could have killed it and stuffed it into a bag. Leaving evidence is terribly stupid. She obviously had mental issues.
Weird, emotional heat of the moment, no planning, so intents weren't aligned properly.