Eighteen months and a little supervision? What a joke. The very first order of business should be to sterilize this woman to ensure she can never repeat what she has done again.
A Calgary woman is currently serving an 18 month sentence along with three years probation. Her crime? Well you wouldn't think anything too grand, given the sentence - she only threw three baby infants into the trash can, killing two and very nearly the third.
Quite obviously she has a few mental health issues and while a lengthy jail sentence may not be the answer, there are certainly measures that can, and should, be taken to make sure this woman never kills like this again.
In 2008 Meredith Borowiec gave birth but the baby was never to be seen. She dumped it in the trash behind her house. In 2009 Borowiec gave birth again. This baby also was thrown into a dumpster. In 2010 there was a third birth. Again the baby was tossed into a dumpster. This time though, cries were heard and the baby - thankfully - was rescued. The "mom" (and I use that term loosely) has since fully admitted to what she has done, thus the reason she's in custody. The judge says she also shows some remorse. Awww...
And so the story continues...
While in police custody in 2012 Borowiec gave birth to yet another baby. This one was taken from her before any harm could be done. Thank God. Once released from police custody the plan is to implant an IUD into the woman and to check her regularly for pregnancies... Hmmm...
If we're going to give this gal what equates to a slap on the wrist and send her back to the streets, why can't we send her there fully uncapable of reproducing? She does not deserve the right to have a baby. She's killed at least two and attempted to kill a third. Why give her the chance to do this again? If she is that remorseful in the aftermath, yet was so unstable during the years she committed these crimes that they happened, one would think she would request to be "fixed," to put it crudely.
During interviews Borowiec admitted that she heard the babies crying after they were dumped in the garbage (placed inside trash bags) but she went ahead and followed through anyway.
This whole scenario screams mental illness and again, while life in prison may not be the answer, let's do the world a favor and at least make sure no more babies will die at the hands of this sick woman.
