We knew we’d had to write about it sooner or later
Couple needs 50K or they get an abortion
The Internet is useful for a variety of things. You can sell your old CDs at eBay, or you can load up on free shit from Craigslist. Let’s face it, our generation’s personal economy and finances are interwoven with the World Wide Web. But there are certainly limits as to what you can do on the Internet, right?
Turns out there aren’t. How do we know this? Go to Help My Baby Live and you will find the story of a couple asking for $50,000 to raise a child or else they have an abortion. $50,000 or the fetus bites it.
It’s quite the plan, though. Think about the target demographic for this ploy. Even though the two proud parents contend that they aren’t pro-life, the obvious aim is to tug the heartstrings of the computer-literate Christian pro-lifers. Seems we’re not the only ones to catch on to this. An anonymous reader wrote:
The beauty of this scam is that Pro Lifers are so emotionally attached to this issue that they would rather take their chances losing a few bucks to a scam then think that it may be possible an asshole like you exists who weighs decisions like abortion on the outcome of an internet fundraiser.
It gets uglier, though. There are a fair share of people who don’t seem to really care for the Web site or its createors. “PENNYDETROIT4″ emphatically wrote:
IF U WANT GO AHEAD ABORT THE BABY GOD WILL JUDGE YOU SOME DAY FOR IT.AND WHEN YOU REALLY WANT A CHILD I PRAY THAT YOU DO NOT GET ONE YOU ARE LOW LIFE IN THIS WORLD MAYBE YOUR TWO MOMS SHOULD HAVE ABORTED YOUSE THEN YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE TRYING TO SCAM MONEY FROM PEOPLE.
Either way, something is working. As of June 28, they’ve raised $12,500, which isn’t too shabby. With 79 days left, the couple, who operate the Web site anonymously, is asking for donations in order to pay for child-rearing:
We’ve crunched some numbers, and we believe that, to really set ourselves up in a good environemnt for the baby, we need $50,000. That’ll give us the down payment on a decent house, get us a car that runs reliably, allow us to save away a little for the baby’s college fund, cover any medical bills (she’s uninsured), and give us a little buffer while she’s not working.
If you’re so inclined, you can check out more of the couple’s hate mail.
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