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Mom Sells Twins For Plastic Surgery

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twinsA mother in Belgium stands accused of selling her newborn twin boys to fund her liposuction surgery. The woman, Sonia Ringoir, 31, is a restaurant worker in Ghent, Belgium, and according to an interview with her current boyfriend, she did so because her estranged husband "put pressure on her to have her body rebuilt."

It was that same estranged husband, Marc Poppe, who turned Ringoir in, telling undercover cops that the couple searched the Internet for ways to make money off their babies, because of course they wouldn't give them away "for nothing."

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Belgium does not have a law that addresses the sale of children, and so Ringoir has been charged with "degrading treatment" of her twins. She was also charged with fraud, after a Dutch couple alleged that she falsely offered to be a surrogate mother for them. She is facing a sentence of 30 days to five years if she is convicted.

Ringoir has five other kids ranging in age from 3 to 13, from two different fathers, and has been released pending the results of a police investigation. She claims she gave the babies to a friend "for free" out of the goodness of her heart, when learning of her pal's infertility.

The kicker? Ringor didn't even have the lipo. Instead, she opted for gastric-band surgery to "reduce" her appetite.

I'm not a proponent of forced sterilization, but for goodness sake, if ever there was a candidate for that punishment, this is the woman. And Belgium? You might want to consider the fact that selling your babies should be against the law.

Who should be held responsible in this case?
The mother - she sold the babies!10795 (68.4%)
The father - clearly he pressured her to do it.540 (3.4%)
Society - there's so much pressure on women to look good.535 (3.4%)
The government - why isn't it illegal to SELL a baby in Belgium?!?3902 (24.7%)

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