Writing Prompt Dark prompt this week: Neonaticide

[CheertheSecond]

Google explanation
“Neonaticide is the deliberate act of a parent murdering their own child during the first 24 hours of life.”

• The father tries to kill his deformed new borns.
• The mother begs him to consider.
• Must end with at least one death or more death if you like.
• No word limit. No genre limit.

I will write my own but I want you to entertain with this prompt first. :D

 

[Corty]

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Whether that is morally justifiable will depend a lot on the setting and what alternatives are available to the parents.

 

[CheertheSecond]

Whether that is morally justifiable will depend a lot on the setting and what alternatives are available to the parents.

If they are just caught up in their distress, I think it will cause them to act in ways not normal.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

If they are just caught up in their distress, I think it will cause them to act in ways not normal.

It also depends on how deformed the baby is.

Horrified mum refuses to feed premature baby born with rare genetic deformity

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES. The baby's features are a result of a rare genetic condition called Harlequin Ichthyosis

www.mirror.co.uk