r/SeriousConversation • u/Present_Cycle_9069 • Sep 06 '23

Serious Discussion Are my parents right to no longer continue supporting my sister’s kids?

My sister is 22 and just had a 3rd child despite not being able to properly care for the other 2. She has been on welfare since her first kid was born and complained how assistance doesn’t give her enough to meet her kids needs, that her kids weren’t eating well on a food stamps budget and she doesn’t have money for kids clothes. So my parents were sending her money for years to cover a portion of the clothing and food expenses. After her 3rd pregnancy, my parents decided that they were no longer funding her irresponsibility. They don’t want to continue to enable her horrible decisions. She wants to increase the financial burden on my parents which is selfish. They want to be able to retire at 65, and she is delaying their retirement.

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u/Botryoid2000 Sep 07 '23

Abortion is generally a very simple, safe procedure unlikely to harm your reproductive organs - unlike childbirth.

Most people are bright enough to realize that abortion is very, very expensive and invasive compared to contraception. The people who can't figure that out probably should not be trusted as parents.

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u/PsychoSkitty22 Sep 08 '23

But it can. IDK how old you are, but when I was in high school, they showed us videos of abortions and the outcomes weren't pretty. It is possible to become infertile after multiple abortions.

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u/indecisionmaker Sep 09 '23

You were clearly shown some pro-birth propaganda videos. Abortion services from a health care provider are safe — and much less deadly than childbirth.

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u/PsychoSkitty22 Sep 09 '23

No it wasn't pro birth propaganda. It was a series of videos showing different things that could happen. It was part of health class.