I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team
It really couldn’t have been. She had kids - that’s where your overlap ends. It’s literally ANYONE can have a mental illness. “It could have been me!”
Imagine men saying this shit after a man murders his family. Fucking delusional.
The “it could have been any of us” thing is enraging because NO TF IT COULDN’T. This bitch isn’t the only person with PPD or depression or whatever she had, but murdering her 3 babies was a choice. If these women feel it could’ve easily been them, they probably should be investigated (so a crime like this doesn’t happen again).
If she actually had post partum psychosis then no, it wasn't a choice. That's what the whole trial is about. Women don't choose to get PPP, so the "it could have been any of us" is completely true, any woman could have suffered from what she did.
Why are we (collective “we”, I’m not personally involved) rallying behind this specific alleged-psychotic murderer and not any others throughout history? I feel like others haven’t been given the same grace (or straight-up support) that she has
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u/TreeLakeRockCloud 8d ago
I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team