This. Just. Sucks.

Good Lord, how on earth can anyone honestly believe that spitting sperm into someone means you should be able to do this:

[Dawn] Scott and her husband, Gene, were ordered by a judge to turn the boy, Evan, over to his natural mother, Amanda Hopkins. The exchange occurred Saturday in the midst of a phalanx of media.



‘How can they do this to a little boy?’

After handing the boy to Hopkins, Dawn Scott dropped to the ground and repeatedly screamed, “How can they do this to a little boy?”



On Monday, she said that Evan was frightened as she carried him to the car.



"He told me as I was walking out the door with him, 'Mommy I’m scared. Mommy, I’m scared’ … And I said it’s going to be OK. Mommy and daddy will do everything they can to bring you back home."



Evan, who could be heard wailing inside the home, appeared calm after he was placed in a car seat in a van driven by Hopkins’ husband, Michael. Amanda Hopkins scolded photographers taking pictures of the child: “Leave him alone. He’s just a little boy.”



The child’s biological father and grandfather pushed a television cameraman out of the way during the transfer.



The Scotts had appealed Friday to the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, asking the court to let them keep the child. But their attorney, Susan Pniewski, said Monday on the “Today” show that the court had not yet ruled on the request for an emergency intervention.



In the meantime, she said, the court that ordered the transfer made no provision for the Scotts to be allowed to visit Evan.



“They’ve just been completely dismissed,” she said. “It’s as if they’re nobody.”