Baby Drop Boxes?

[Anne]

There is always a chance for malfunction, but these baby boxes are to be placed in safe haven areas which are staffed 24/7 not in the middle of a field. For crying out loud get a grip. If even one baby lives it is worth the effort. If the thing can be produced in Italy, it can be made here, yes in Indiana. Actually, if they are built into the wall of the building, why couldn't they pump room temp air through it?

[Purplelady1040]

There is always a chance for malfunction, but these baby boxes are to be placed in safe haven areas which are staffed 24/7 not in the middle of a field. For crying out loud get a grip. If even one baby lives it is worth the effort. If the thing can be produced in Italy, it can be made here, yes in Indiana. Actually, if they are built into the wall of the building, why couldn't they pump room temp air through it?

Maybe because even if staffed 24/7, there is always the off chance that something can and will happen. If they are going to be staffed 24/7, why not just give the baby to those working at the safe haven?

[Anne]

Maybe because even if staffed 24/7, there is always the off chance that something can and will happen. If they are going to be staffed 24/7, why not just give the baby to those working at the safe haven?

Because some even though it is supposed to be no questions asked you still have to actually talk to a person. I imagine that can be scary to someone who is already stressed, afraid and any number of other problems. I can't believe that if you take a baby into a safe haven and hand it to someone that you will not be asked some questions, at the very least is this your child.

[Y]

In response to Y, you are right it is an end response to the problem, but IMO it is better than doing nothing, unless of course you think the child would be better off dead than adopted.

I have to admit to being of two minds on this.

It pains me to think of children dying, BUT...

I also know we're saving - and breeding - ourselves as a specie out of existence.

By intervening and not allowing nature/evolution to take its course humans are preserving defects that would be removed and then bred out of the population.

So, how do we stop saving/supporting human life - and faulty genes - that without intervention would not survive?

[Anne]

I have to admit to being of two minds on this.

It pains me to think of children dying, BUT...

I also know we're saving - and breeding - ourselves as a specie out of existence.

By intervening and not allowing nature/evolution to take its course humans are preserving defects that would be removed and then bred out of the population.

So, how do we stop saving/supporting human life - and faulty genes - that without intervention would not survive?

I understand your point, but as far as I have been able to find out most of the babies that are given up at safe havens and those who were abandoned were normal healthy babies. I've seen a few babies/children who probably should have been left alone (and I would never tell their parents that) but the children seem to have no meaningful life and/or seem to be in pain much of the time.