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I can't wrap my head around carrying a child for that long inside you only to be like this 2 months later.
Metheny and Brocaine
Why do their faces look like they are about to pop? Is stupid a liquid?
What is the actual value of a baby?
At least $5
Would it be unethical to oblige for the sake of getting the child to safety?
I'm not saying I would do it (I don't have that kinda cash) but like wouldn't that be the ethical choice if you could? Save this child from parents who clearly aren't capable/willing to raise it properly?
With how the police are? You politely decline the offer and call the police while watching the couple from a distance. They'll likely to arrest you for human trafficking just to pad out the arrest statics.
Was it their baby or someone else's?
Asking the real questions
A baby’s a baby, pal. You buyin or what?
That’s what I’m saying. Maybe this couple scored the baby at the campground for $500 and some seedy weed and were trying to flip the baby for profit.
They certainly look like the type.
They look like cousins. So yeah.
You can sell your babies. Just not like that. It only works for rich people wanting to buy a baby.
North of $25k... And that's for the first round.
Because here's the thing, every body is different. At first they go with the "average IVF woman's" level of hormones to produce as many eggs as possible. Will it work for you? Who knows! They check blood work every week, and then at the end of the cycle they surgically remove anything that looks matures and try to fertilize. Say 12 eggs are retrieved, maybe 7 are successfully fertilized. Then they incubate for a few weeks - maybe 4 make it through and are candidates for surgical implant, (if so, you're lucky and they'll try one or two max for implant at a time). Or maybe all of them don't make it.
But if you don't have any viable options, well we try for round two with slightly tweaked hormones. Did round two not work? Time for round three with slightly different hormone levels/timing. (We learned so much about your specific body chemistry!)
Even after all of that, say you get a successful implantation - you're now pregnant. All costs for prenatal care, hospital birth - that's an add on to the $75k you've spent for IVF. And because humans are weird, there's no guarantee with IVF that you or the baby will survive and be healthy!
If I saw these parents, I would have offered to adopt the kid just to get the poor thing away from bad parents.
That's the story the buyer told. The baby was badly neglected.
That baby must have eyes like a hammerhead shark.
Good riddance shit parents.
Honestly though, the baby is better off without those parents. I'm of the mind that we shouldn't shame / prosecute them, since that would actually discourage other horrible parents like this from giving up their babies.
Granted, abortion would be a much better route, but small steps.
To get a baby costs a moment of pleasure, but to get a horse costs money.
Infinite money glitch
Nope, the most amount of kids someone has had is 69, so I’m sure it’s not worth the sub $70k for your entire life
Jesus, buy that woman a kickstand
…and the pro life community is somehow mad here. Weird
What can you even do with a baby?
Speculative investment.
No idea. Afaik it’s just a huge money pit.
Stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.
And that's to say nothing of the skin, which will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.
Ragù isn't French, but nice try.
Trade it for beer, duh
Will it blend?
Apparently you can paint houses with them, but you'd need a lot more than just one baby
How hard are you throwing these babies???
“l'll give you an idea. Why as a pup, l myself fetched $30,000 on the black market. That was 1954 dollars. Now, for 50 grand, l'll track him and l'll find him. And the people that took him, l'll kick their butts. No extra charge.”
Sad and horrible things have been done with babies. Don't go looking for pictures or videos on the internet.
With the father's history of domestic abuse I just hope this couple doesn't produce another baby for the purpose of selling it.
How close are those branches of that family tree‽
Christmas wreath
It ain't a tree, its a double helix
I think it's probably closer to a utility pole
The möbius strip of bad decisions and family reunions.