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Some names are so bizarre,
we can't believe they've ever been given to children. But a recent
landmark case just went a step further by telling a mother she can't
give her newborn twins the names she chose.
The
mother, who is from Powys, Wales, attempted to name her
offspring "Cyanide" and "Preacher."
She believed "Cyanide" was a pretty
name for a little girl with positive implications since it's the poison
that killed both Hitler and his follower Joseph Goebbels, according to Metro.
She also argued that she had the right to name her
own children. However, Justice Eleanor King ruled that the name could
cause emotional harm to the child in the future.
"It
is hard to see how ... the twin girl could regard being named after
this deadly poison as other than a complete rejection of her by her
birth mother," said King.
The
twins, now 8 months old, were reportedly conceived of rape. They were
placed in foster care, along with their three half-siblings, due to the
mother's history of mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse.
Social
workers from Powys County Council brought the case to the British
Appeal Court. An injection had previously been issued to prevent the
mother from formally registering the names.
"This is one of those rare cases where the court should intervene to protect the girl twin from emotional harm," said King.
While
the judge acknowledged that "Preacher" wasn't as bad of a name, she
decided it was in the best interest of the twins to be renamed by their
half-siblings. [GH]
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