Please provide feedback and improve this argument for the topic the offence/defence of infanticide ultimately just an objectionable patriarchal condescension toward women.

1. Disregards socio-political factors

Infanticide laws also neglect the social and political factors that contribute to maternal filicide such as financial hardships, absence of support systems, marital status, and post-partum depression.

Moreover, the legal framework itself, as outlined in the text, discourages considering external or environmental factors that may contribute to a woman's depression or mental illness. This narrow perspective not only hinders a comprehensive assessment but also implies a biased assumption that women's mental stability is solely tied to their biological functions, particularly reproduction.

like socio-economic status and

living in domestic violence,13 which 'can combine to cause depression and

anxiety'.1

This is a tragic case. ... That happened in circumstances where little real culpability

can be attributed to the perpetrator. It happened because Ms Cooper

lacked the resources mainly emotional, but also intellectual and probably financial

to manage the family for whom she was responsible.2

The strange case of the infanticide doctrine

Parental situation, mental health status of the offender, experience of domestic violence, parental perpetuation or childhood experience of abuse and neglect.