A baby bank in Hamburg, Germany: over 400 children have been abandoned in hatches
in Europe since 2000. Photograph: Nina Ruecker/Getty Images
Unbelievable. But then, I must be getting old fashioned. Randeep Ramesh, "Spread of 'baby boxes' in Europe alarms United Nations" (The Guardian, June 10, 2012). And if even the UN is concerned, well ... it must be bad.
If the babies in question end up being adopted into a family that will give them love and acceptance that is one thing.
ReplyDeleteIf it is just a sugar coated form of abortion it is another.
Are there any statistics that show the ulfimate fate of the children?
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