American Epidemic: Mother Murder

Saturn in Cancer energy is rearing its head again. Saturn is about restrictions, limitations and endings; Cancer is about women, mothers and nurturing. Ironically, the myth of Saturn and the symbol of Saturn in Cancer is Cronos. Cronos castrated his volatile father Uranus at the behest of his mother Gaea, who was tired of having children as a result of rapes by Uranus. Cronus was later warned that he would be overthrown by one of his own children, and so to prevent this, he swallowed his first five children as soon as they were born.



But onto my discovery.........



Journeying across the USA the other day I came across a sad but interesting story in the Washington Post about the epidemic of American pregnant and post-partum women being murdered - over 1,000 in the last decade.



Most states do not have reliable systems to track the number of pregnant or post-partum women slain; 13 do not have any systems in place at all.



Why is it happening? There seems to be no rhyme or reason racially, ethically, economically, or age-wise. Most were slain at home, and 67 percent were killed by firearms. Most were killed by men they knew — boyfriends, husbands and lovers. More than 100 of the victims were teens. Many already had children.



The little light shed on it, according the WP: "If the woman doesn't want the baby, she can get an abortion," said Pat Brown, a criminal profiler based in Minneapolis. "If the guy doesn't want it, he can't do a damn thing about it. He is stuck with a child for the rest of his life. "If she goes away, the problem goes away."



The problem goes away?



What is American society communicating to men that makes it acceptable to devalue the human lives of pregnant women and mothers? Why is the feminine of so little value that there is no fear about destroying it? How outrageous!



My three-part solution is 1) to make it CLEAR federal law that when any pregnant woman or mother is murdered, the person who helped create the fetus/father of the child will be the primary suspect and investigated to no end within legal boundaries; 2) to make the criminal penalty, without negotiation, life imprisonment with no parole; and 3)to fine the person a minimum of $1 million, to be taken from any and all assets and benefits the person has and would ever inherit or collect, as that money would have gone to help pay for the cost of parenting. That would be payable to the murdered woman's family or if she has no family, donated to the domestic violence shelters within 50-100 miles of the murdered woman's residence.



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