Should parents receive financial compensation if their unborn child is killed by the negligence of another?
Yes
59% (82 votes)
Unsure
9.4% (13 votes)
No
31.7% (44 votes)
Comments
we should adhere to the basic laws of nature....since we fell from the trees many lives (born & unborn) have been lost thru "the negligence of others"
financial considerations should not control fate.
mayhap the planet is overpopulated already by the 'animal at the top of the food chain'??
Posted: 15 November 2010 - 5:18pm — bullymak
"Small" questions like this really lead into "big" questions about how the economy and justice system are set up and how they interrelate.
But the big question for me is, What does the financial compensation do? The parents will probably be in a psychological state which means they require assistance and care. I can only understand financial compensation for expenditures relating to the baby that perhaps now should be redirected elsewhere and have thus put the parents in a bad financial spot.
Posted: 18 November 2010 - 11:02am — mcfate
Yes parents should receive compensation because the inevitable consequences of long-term post-traumatic stress will require comprehensive therapy. Victims should be able to have the choice to from a range of therapies to support them through these demonstrably difficult times. Psychiatric medications such as Anti-Depressants, and Mood Stabilisors are not always the answer. Should it be the preference of victims to choose Alcohol, Marijuana, or Heroin, or Ecstacy then it should be within their means to afford such products, otherwise victims may resort to crime in order to acquire such comforts. In which case there would be a rippling affect of a myriad of other social costs.
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we should adhere to the basic laws of nature....since we fell from the trees many lives (born & unborn) have been lost thru "the negligence of others"
financial considerations should not control fate.
mayhap the planet is overpopulated already by the 'animal at the top of the food chain'??
Posted: 15 November 2010 - 5:18pm — bullymak
"Small" questions like this really lead into "big" questions about how the economy and justice system are set up and how they interrelate.
But the big question for me is, What does the financial compensation do? The parents will probably be in a psychological state which means they require assistance and care. I can only understand financial compensation for expenditures relating to the baby that perhaps now should be redirected elsewhere and have thus put the parents in a bad financial spot.
Posted: 18 November 2010 - 11:02am — mcfate
Yes parents should receive compensation because the inevitable consequences of long-term post-traumatic stress will require comprehensive therapy. Victims should be able to have the choice to from a range of therapies to support them through these demonstrably difficult times. Psychiatric medications such as Anti-Depressants, and Mood Stabilisors are not always the answer. Should it be the preference of victims to choose Alcohol, Marijuana, or Heroin, or Ecstacy then it should be within their means to afford such products, otherwise victims may resort to crime in order to acquire such comforts. In which case there would be a rippling affect of a myriad of other social costs.
Posted: 28 November 2010 - 3:09am — jackryan