[s1artibartfast]

It is a tougher one than you'd think.

The harm is no greater than any other person that decides to have a child as a single parent.

The children will have a father, and a mother to visit until they are in their teens.

That is more family than a single woman who goes to the sperm bank to have children.

[wpietri]

That is definitely not true. There's no particular reason to think being a single parent is, ceteris paribus, harmful.

But having a parent in prison growing up? That's extremely hard on kids.

And more than that, part of having kids is an obligation to protect and care for them. An obligation she knew that there was good odds she would not be in a position to fulfill. That's horrific to me.