Fact: it is inherited from both parents through the blood. Nobody caused it and nobody can wish it away. 
Fact: a child inherits the gene from both parents. Blaming the mother is both cruel and wrong.

Fact: with early diagnosis and routine care, children with sickle cell go to school, work and raise families. 

Fact: a sickle cell crisis is severe pain caused by blocked blood vessels. It is real and it needs treatment