baby boxes

[dolf]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18585020

safe, warm, anonymous boxes where you can leave your unwanted baby.

thoughts?

 

[TexasWife25]

In the US you can walk into certain places like hospitals and drop your newborn off anonymously, no questions asked.

 

[bronzeage]

In my state, a baby can be left at any fire station, no questions asked.

 

[dolf]

and what do you think about this?

 

[TexasWife25]

Its a smart idea.

If someone doesnt want to be a parent, or cant handle it, why leave a child in danger or on the street. Let them take a baby to someplace safe, rather then reading stories about dead babies in dumpsters or high school bathrooms.

 

[chillywilly2]

It beats the alternative

 

[bronzeage]

and what do you think about this?

It's better than leaving the baby in a trash can, which is why "safe haven" baby drops were created in the first place.

I can imagine the state of mind of a mother who has given birth without medical assistance in her apartment or who knows where. Most likely alone, physically weak, terrified and in despair and perhaps in shock. If she is offered simple alternative, it costs us nothing and saves a baby's life.

 

[cookiejar]

It beats the alternative

I agree ...

 

[TexasWife25]

Of course, you then have people who abuse the safe haven drops. I believe when the laws were 1st written many just said "child", no age requirement.. and then people started dropping off their teenagers So now I believe most states have age limits.

 

[chillywilly2]

So what the hell are you supposed to do with a teenager now then

 

[koalabear]

So what the hell are you supposed to do with a teenager now then

Send them to Chicago.

 

[Silverlily]

Maryland allows a parent to take a baby up to ten days old to any hospital or police station and surrender it as a safe Haven baby without fear of prosecution.

 

[koalabear]

In my state, a baby can be left at any fire station, no questions asked.

Maryland allows a parent to take a baby up to ten days old to any hospital or police station and surrender it as a safe Haven baby without fear of prosecution.

Same in Indiana, beats having them left in trash cans.

 

[Mike_Yates]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18585020

safe, warm, anonymous boxes where you can leave your unwanted baby.

thoughts?

Better than a dumpster.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Unwanted babies should be brought the the Republican convention or the Catholic Church.

 

[koalabear]

Unwanted babies should be brought the the Republican convention or the Catholic Church.

I agree, who wants a dem to raise them.

 

[chillywilly2]

Unwanted babies should be brought the the Republican convention or the Catholic Church.

what would they do with them?

 

[bronzeage]

what would they do with them?

Eat them.

 

[koalabear]

Eat them.

That's the Free Masons.

 

[bronzeage]

That's the Free Masons.

Republicans have been eating their parents for years.

 

[koalabear]

Republicans have been eating their parents for years.

That's the Shriners.

 

[neci]

i support safe havens for babies.

 

[run_silent]

and what do you think about this?

It stinks but it beats the alternatives. I keep dropping my wife off there but she finding her way home.

 

[blobfish]

I don't really see why anyone would really be against this. It's not that much different than putting a baby up for adoption, though there is presumably no paperwork.

 

[RoryN]

I thought this thread was about something totally different.