Are we becoming too sophisticated? Maybe this isn't such a bad idea? At least they're not throwing their babies away and putting them in a trash bag to die. Or is this like returning a library book?
When I was very young, a mother would put a baby on someone's front porch...ring the bell...and then run. She also would put a note saying------- that she wasn't able to keep the baby and please please see that he or she has a good home.
This is what I read today..... and there's nothing more exquisite than a Japanese baby.
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese hospital opened the country's only anonymous drop box for unwanted infants Thursday despite government admonitions against abandoning babies.
The baby drop-off, called "Crane's Cradle," was opened by the Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto as a way to discourage abortions and the abandonment of infants in unsafe public places. The hospital described it as a parent's last resort.
A small hatch on the side of the hospital allows people to drop off babies in an incubator 24 hours a day, while an alarm will notify hospital staff of the new arrival. The infants will initially be cared for by the hospital and then put up for adoption.
"We started the service but hope it won't be used," head nurse Yukiko Tajiri said. "I hope it is seen as a symbol that we are always here for parents to share their difficulty."
But government officials warned the service might only encourage more abandonments.
"In principle, parents should not abandon their babies anonymously," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters Thursday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki meanwhile said it was "fundamental for parents to raise their children with their own hands."
Similar baby drops exist in Germany and South Africa. Some U.S. states, such as Alabama and Minnesota, also have programs protecting identities of women who give up their babies.
The drop box was set up after a series of high-profile cases in which newborn babies were abandoned in parks and supermarkets, triggering a public outcry.
Abortion is readily available and widespread in Japan where restriction against the measure is loose and there are no clear religious taboos.
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There are so many couples who cannot have a baby and would love to adopt. This isn't such a bad idea. At least they're not killing them. Circumstances won't let them keep this new soul.
Cherish a life! That's why we're put on earth!
3 comments:
Well in China unfortunately there is still a "stigman" on having
female babies. so this will be a really good thing. They are the
cutest babies. it's a shame. I fear
someday there will be not many women and then who will they "import" to have their "male"
babies...Oops, I forgot this is the
age of invitro, test tubes, etc.
some day maybe you can just clone
another male like themself and they
won't need women at all!!!
In answer to your comment, and I'm assuming your are Pat...you're absolutely right. I have wondered about that many times.
In the holiest book in the Jewish faith 'The Torah'..there is a passage for a man thanking G-d for not making him a woman.
In answer to your comment, and I'm assuming your are Pat...you're absolutely right. I have wondered about that many times.
In the holiest book in the Jewish faith 'The Torah'..there is a passage for a man thanking G-d for not making him a woman.
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