It's ironic that for all the sex education that supposedly goes on in public schools these days (I am assuming the woman in question was a product of public schools) there is NO connection being made in people's minds between intercourse and pregnancy. She was likely taught "sex education" in grade school/jr. high/high school. There was information and counseling at the college she (probably) attended. Ignorance is not an excuse.
I thought about this when I was on an airport shuttle a few months ago and overheard a very young girl (USC or UCLA student) phoning in a prescription for birth control pills, along with one for acne medication. People have become so blase about birth control, the Pill is now about as essential as dental floss.
That mentality promotes the idea of a baby as an inconvenience.
I'm not letting the father of the child off the hook, either. He was taught "sex as recreation" too.
I agree. And the very idea of a 24 year old woman, not knowing she was pregnant??? Come on!!! And then dumping the baby like it’s so much garbage. No excuses for that. As far as the schools are concerned, they’ve done one sorry job.
“That mentality promotes the idea of a baby as an inconvenience.”
or as a punishment.