Dying for a Baby

I have found Sunday night particularly difficult to locate an interesting program on television to watch. Therefore, I ended up watching what I would normally consider a trash program, Snapped, on the Oxygen Channel last night. It concerned a stabbing that took place between two young women. One, Sarah Brody, was six days overdue in delivering her baby girl when another woman, supposedly with a similar name, contacted her ostensibly to return baby gifts delivered to her by mistake. In the process of meeting, the second woman pulled out a knife to stab Sarah. She had planned to evidently kill the mother, cut out the baby from the mother's stomach, and become a mother herself. In the scuffle, the woman was stabbed in the shoulder through an important artery and lost her life. She literally died for wanting a baby.

My question about this case centers more on the danger signs this young woman had exhibited for years around her family and friends. Evidently, since the age of 14, she had lied repeatedly about being pregnant. Every time no baby appeared, the woman--whose name was Katie--made up a story about having a miscarriage. When told of Katie's death, the family immediately asked about the status of her unborn child. Was there no one in Katie's life aware enough through the years to get mental counseling for her?

Again, my impression is that counseling might have come down to being able to afford it. We all know that, unless one is fairly well off, mental counseling is simply not available for the average person. At best, even with insurance, the payout is usually one-half of the cost. Without insurance, it can be prohibitive. Could mental health coverage also become a part of the presidential discussion during this election?