Mother throws her newborn in sewer - receives no charge!

[elkewtf]

Child birth is definitely not like the movies! Water doesn't come gushing forth like a broken dam, usually the child's head is in the way, blocking the flow My first, the water broke while I was at the hospital, and that one was messy. The other two, barely any came out until the baby came out.

At any rate, this story is definitely fishy. I believe it's possibly she wasn't aware that she was giving birth, but why would you flush the toilet with the baby in there?

[Xenden]

it was assigned male.

Sperm doesn't "assign" gender, it is randomly male or female. It wasn't like the dad said, "alright fella's, alright y's in front x's in the back, we are making a boy today."

So what do you mean assigned?

[s_bushido]

At any rate, this story is definitely fishy. I believe it's possibly she wasn't aware that she was giving birth, but why would you flush the toilet with the baby in there?

Squat toilets can basically be porcelain holes in the ground...so "flushing" in this case would be using a bucket or a faucet.

I do find it hard to accept her story at face value, though.

[Deleted]

Please dont be China. Please dont be China...
GOD DAMMIT

[Deleted]

That's sick. There are going to be a lot of lonely men out there competing for women. They might have to invade another country to keep the men happy.

Or not.

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.18 male(s)/female (2010 census)
Under 15: 1.13 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

[Deleted]

Or not.

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.18 male(s)/female (2010 census)
Under 15: 1.13 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

So we don't have to worry about China invading other countries to rape the women then?

[Deleted]

So we don't have to worry about China invading other countries to rape the women then?

Not because they don't have enough women in China. They do.

[Deleted]

Please dont be China. Please dont be China...
GOD DAMMIT

Oh wow, that's literally what I was saying to myself while opening this thread (well, in Dutch).

[Avengor]

Wait...wouldn't the umbilical cord still be attached? If so, how can she possibly pretend this was an accident?

[Uennie]

Wait...wouldn't the umbilical cord still be attached? If so, how can she possibly pretend this was an accident?

Umbilical cords breaking during delivery is normal.

I'd like to note that I don't really stand anywhere on this subject, but I'd prefer it if I prevented people from going out in the world with incorrect information on childbirth.

[ComputerNerd]

My concern is how she attempted to hide signs of the birth, and there being a delay before alerting anyone else to what happened.
The discussion over whether the birth could have happened accidentally over the toilet or not aside, those actions were intentional.
Those are the actions of someone thinking very clearly and in full control of their mental faculties.

There should be charges brought.

[iggie]

That's sick. There are going to be a lot of lonely men out there competing for women. They might have to invade another country to keep the men happy.

The people without women are poor, so the government doesn't care, don't worry.

The women claims the baby just fell into the hole. I don't buy it myself. Chinese toilets, even squatters, are WEAK. You can't even flush tissue, you're supposed to throw it in a nasty basket. Plus she hid the pregnancy, she obviously did it on purpose.

Why no charges? The story has already garnished a lot of international attention. China doesn't like looking bad ("saving face") so they will do everything they can to make it an accident. Keep in mind right now they're publishing a lot of anti american articles right now, so they don't want the attention on how bad their country actually is.

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Not because they don't have enough women in China. They do.

Chinese women use "sex" as their way to force marriage. 9/10 I met are gold diggers looking to raise their families place. The other 1/10 actually marry for love. Sad, but it's just how it goes in this mixed up country. Notice how they target wealthy people only? http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/ar...eigner-90-days

[Speaknoevil]

What everyone should take away from this:

"Police later concluded that the incident was an accident and that the woman did not initially come forward because she was frightened, but that she later started telling the truth"

[Mormolyce]

She gave birth in a "squat toilet" and it somehow accidentally went down the pipe (I have no idea how these squat toilets work... shrug). She was afraid to come forward at first.

You made it sound like she was trying to create Ninja Turtles or something.

[v2prwsmb45yhuq3wj23vpjk]

My concern is how she attempted to hide signs of the birth, and there being a delay before alerting anyone else to what happened.
The discussion over whether the birth could have happened accidentally over the toilet or not aside, those actions were intentional.
Those are the actions of someone thinking very clearly and in full control of their mental faculties.

There should be charges brought.

Oh goody, let's encourage people who, for whatever reason, have their baby stuck in a pipe not to come forward. That will surely bring justice to the world and if we need to sacrifice a few babies, so be it!

[TirielWoW]

Not because they don't have enough women in China. They do.

There are quite a few articles out right now detailing how China doesn't actually have enough women. Parents are resorting to pretty wild things there to make sure their male offspring have wives. There are cases of women from other areas - even other countries - being kidnapped and brought to marry men there. I saw something about cases of parents having "sham marriages" for their deceased sons and a random female from a cemetary (they'll pay for the body) so that their sons have a wife for the afterlife. It's kind of nuts.

Here's some more info:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...cle4332304.ece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8451289.stm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/ch..._132120086.htm

http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/...de-trafficking

[THE Bigzoman]

What if Master Splinter found the child in radioactive waste and decided to make it his next pupil?

[breadisfunny]

when i first read this i thought wait what they are charging people for using the sewers now? then i realized it was something entirely different. am sad to see this happened even if it was accidental.

[Mormolyce]

Or not.

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.18 male(s)/female (2010 census)
Under 15: 1.13 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

I agree that the thing about Chinese population control leading to a massive gender balance is a bit exaggerated, however China does have an unusual skew in the older deciles towards men. Normally it leans towards women.

P.S. Fun fact: China has birth control but it still has a significantly higher birth rate than many European nations, for example Germany.

[iggie]

Oh goody, let's encourage people who, for whatever reason, have their baby stuck in a pipe not to come forward. That will surely bring justice to the world and if we need to sacrifice a few babies, so be it!

The woman who gave birth is the person who reported the stuck baby.

Having a baby out of wedlock is a big stigma still in China. Everyone considers you a used whore and you can't find a hubby easily. She hid the pregnancy for this fact. She did NOT hide the fact the baby was stuck in the pipe.

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I agree that the thing about Chinese population control leading to a massive gender balance is a bit exaggerated, however China does have an unusual skew in the older deciles towards men. Normally it leans towards women.

P.S. Fun fact: China has birth control but it still has a significantly higher birth rate than many European nations, for example Germany.

Interesting fact: very few Chinese trust anything but condoms. They believe things like birth control pills will harm their womb for later pregnancies. They also tend to avoid those insert kind of tampons and prefer just regular pads to soak it all up.