GODSPEED LITTLE MAN TRIAL
Ashcraft will not stand trial for murder, she may, and I stress may, only be charged with child abuse. I just got finished watching a news report and I don't think I have ever been more disgusted and angered in my life as I am right now. I know he was created for a purpose and I may never know what that is. If not to his mother or anyone else, at least to me. But to say that what she did was justified by her circumstances is to say that her life was more valuable than her baby's, and I'm in no position to make that call.įor now I rest in the knowledge that Baby Ashcraft is safe in the most loving place and in the most loving hands imaginable. Her parents wouldn't understand, a baby would complicate her education and career goals, she was in a really frightening place. I would guess that she was acting on 100% fear. I don't know her at all, but from what's been reported on the news, she was suspended from USC for academic problems and she kept the baby a secret. I've thought a lot about what Holly must have felt during her pregnancy. I must add that I am not a completely heartless person. I'm so tired of people talking out of both sides of their mouth and making the rules about life according to convenience. If you really believe that a fetus is not a baby, what is it? And when does it become a baby? And if it's a baby, is it a person? And if it's a person, how do you put a value on his life? And how can you guarantee me that you have all the right answers to these questions? Can these two things really exist simultaneously in one "civilized" society? Apparently so. But because she killed her baby by leaving him to die now, she's a murderer. It's so hard for me to reconcile that this woman could have gone in for an abortion just weeks ago, and everything would be fine. How will the public react to a woman being charged with murder in this circumstance? And I feel an almost eager anticipation at seeing what will come from this. I am enraged by Holly's actions and her complete disregard for life - not even a foreign life, a life that came from within herself. My heart breaks for this baby boy who struggled to live, giving up his last breath inside that box. There's so much to take in from this story.
GODSPEED LITTLE MAN SERIES
But an anonymous homeless man collecting cans found the baby, called the police, and started a series of events that led to Holly's arrest and charge with murder. And she thought she could hide the baby, too.
She had hidden her pregnancy from everyone. But we're hearing an awful lot about this baby because authorities actually found his mother - Holly Ashcraft, a student at USC. In fact I think the term "dumpster baby" was coined here, though those two words were never meant to go together. It's really not uncommon to hear about babies literally being thrown away in Los Angeles. And then last night I hear the news about another dumpster baby, a little baby boy left in a little white box to die. We've been crazy with preparations (hence my blog absence).advertising, setting the program, phone calls, you name it. This is such a huge day for The Shining Light Fund, as we join with others in the community to outwardly show support for families and honor their babies.
Here we are, in the midst of all the preparations for October 15th.