I wonder if her parents didn't rescue her on purpose to teach her a lesson. She was probably a difficult teenager...impulsive, rebellious, and entitled. I would love to listen in on their conversations about how to deal with their adult daughter who "fell in love with a man from Ethiopia and got herself knocked up." They seem like nice parents, at least the mother is. Maybe they learned from past experience that if they tell her, "No," she will go out and do it. Letting her learn the hard way may be the only way for her to realize how stupid she's been.