The Killing of Young Mothers -NYT paywall free

[Diamond_Dog]

It’s a startling statistic: in the United States, a woman’s risk of being killed grows when she becomes pregnant and after giving birth by about 20 percent, on average.

This increase is entirely driven by the murder of America’s youngest mothers. When women under age 25 get pregnant, their odds of death by homicide almost double.

This is just one of their stories……

It’s an hour before sunrise in New Orleans, and Markitha Sinegal is fighting with her boyfriend again …..

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/09/opinion/pregnant-women-homicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gE4.q35e.cgoEpYFXLH5o&smid=url-share

[maxrandb]

1. Yes, but were any of these women CEOs?

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. This is really such a sad story, and moreso because it's just ONE of many such stories. nt

[Lonestarblue]

4. The only lives valued in this country are those of rich white people.

Gun violence, preventable deaths from denial of abortion care, substandard—or no—healthcare for poor women, deliberate denials of medical treatment by insurance executives all contribute to the misery of being poor in America. The rich are never denied healthcare. The poor frequently are.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

5. +100000 n/t

[onecaliberal]

6. But what will we tell the CEO's?!?

[irisblue]

7. Thank you for sharing this, I would not have seen it otherwise

This lept out at me
"Domestic violence is rooted in power and control, and pregnancy is a tether that can shift a relationship’s dynamic. Once partners are tied together by a child on the horizon, abusers can feel a greater degree of impunity to escalate their behavior. Suddenly, there are not just emotional ties, but legal and financial ones as well. And just as suddenly, as a pregnant woman, it becomes much harder to leave."


And this about her murderer
"On Oct. 3, 2024, he was convicted of second-degree murder. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the option of parole, as Louisiana law requires. But her parents still lost a child. Her children still lost their mother. There is no real justice in this story."

[Diamond_Dog]

8. You're welcome, iris

This story was so shocking to me and the statistics about young pregnant women so astonishing

Why do so many men prey on the vulnerable? Why do so many men feel they are entitled to terrorize women? What did killing the mother of this guy’s children accomplish? Sadly it is not just an isolated incident.