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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Well, they already have 4 kids, 2 of whom have some form of "special needs."
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If that's the harm, unless Germany has the same punishment for mothers who drink alcohol and take narcotics while their children are
in utero, it's still a bit of a double standard. That said, if Germany wants to make these laws, I certainly don't have a problem with it. If another country wants to legislate morality, who the hell are we to say that they can't?
Glad the European Court came down the way it did. Stating that incest is a human right would be a travesty. What these two did was directly harmful to their children who have been born with disabilities or will suffer from serious conditions later in life due to their parents' poor choices.
I don't think I'd stop at putting these parents in prison. I'd want to terminate their parental rights as well.
Reading the article, I find it interesting that the German court didn't convict the mother because she has a personality disorder. I can only imagine that as a defense here in the U.S. Such a rule would definitely thin out the prison population.