How about Dr. David Southalls report, which reportedly includes videotaped evidence of mothers choking their infants?
Have you seen the report? Because I have not. What period of time was he looking at? Now 39 deaths, how many years did this involve? If we’re looking at three cases like this a year, then that’s off into the exceedingly rare category. Isn’t it important to increase awareness about these cases that fall through the cracks, so parents who murder their kids don’t go unpunished? Well, hopefully it will help in a handful of cases that fall through the cracks. We are for protecting and saving infant life. But we have a duty to support bona fide legitimate SIDS families. There are 3,500 SIDS deaths a year. Over a generation we’re looking at almost 100,000 families who have been affected by this. In contrast, there are only a handful of cases that are falling through the cracks. Of course we want sudden infant deaths fully investigated, but also investigated with compassion and sensitivity because the vast majority of these sudden deaths are SIDS. With the possibility of rising suspicion of SI
