Baby Boxes

[JimG]

I guess that orphanages have gone out of style. The new trend is baby boxes.

Giving Birth? Who DOES That Anymore?

 

[LaetenturCaeli]

Simcha very nicely exposes some pretty shallow thinking.

 

[TCEL]

Preach it, sister.

I think a lot of people don’t realize there even are safe-drops. There should be much more awareness raised about them, especially during child-birth classes, in hospitals, or at Planned Parenthoods.

 

[Convert_in_99]

I could see good and bad here. Not in baby drop offs, just the boxes. What if the lock gets stuck, the Emergency Responders are delayed due to inclement weather or traffic, etc.

I can’t believe those comments! I know foster homes can be awful. But really the kid is better off being brutally murdered and dying a very agonizing painful death? Ideally the costs of adoption will decrease significantly so more good Christian families can open their homes to an extra child or two! Adoption is so very unaffordable these days. It’s the child who suffers because of the ridiculously high costs and endless hoops to go through! They don’t keep kids any safer, just make them less likely to be adopted.

 

[Memaw]

Preach it, sister.

I think a lot of people don’t realize there even are safe-drops. There should be much more awareness raised about them, especially during child-birth classes, in hospitals, or at Planned Parenthoods.

Planned Parenthood doesn’t want the baby to be born, they want it to be aborted!! God Bless, Memaw

 

[John_Lazarus]

I could see good and bad here. Not in baby drop offs, just the boxes. What if the lock gets stuck, the Emergency Responders are delayed due to inclement weather or traffic, etc.

Yes, it can be improved, but that is an argument to find a better solution, not to abandon this one.

The bolded part is a worst-case scenario. What’s the normal scenario in a baby-in-a-dumpster/toilet scenario? Dead child.
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What’s the every-case scenario in an abortion? Dead child.

Baby boxes give these human beings a chance.

 

[TCEL]

Planned Parenthood doesn’t want the baby to be born, they want it to be aborted!! God Bless, Memaw

It would dampen the message of abortion, to be sure.

 

[JimG]

The thing about many of the comments that surprised me, but shouldn’t have, is that babies are no longer a blessing. They are a problem, something to be contracepted, avoided, disposed of by abortion, the morning after pill, or placed in baby boxes. Pregnancy, motherhood, family—these are all things to be avoided. It is this widespread mindset that will send our nation, and others, into a demographic downward spiral of hopelessness.

Then I came upon an essay by Rod Dreher about family, feminism, fertility, and civilization. Quoting someone else, he writes:

“… my first encounter with it goes far back, to a time when I actually considered myself a feminist. I was having a conversation with a few friends, a couple of them women, and the subject of family came up. Me and the other guy were like, oh yeah, it will be great to have children. I look forward to raising a family. The women were like, no I don’t plan to have children–no intention, no plans at all. I found this surprising, since I had never gotten the impression that they were “radical” or unorthodox in any way–these were the squarest women you could find. And they simply did not plan to have children, ever.
“Later that night I talked to one of them at greater length, and she gave some honest insight into her feelings about it. She said she was afraid of the idea of being a mother. It made her frightened and kind of sick. She wanted to be rational, she said, and she was afraid that being a mother would make her irrational. There would all of a sudden be this “thing”–that’s how she referred to it–and it would derail her well-laid, fully rational plans for life. It would demand her attention and take her away from herself. And this would be irrational and against self-interest.”

theamericanconservative.com/dreher/feminism-fertility-and-civilization/

 

[LaetenturCaeli]

I think a lot of people don’t realize there even are safe-drops.

I, for one, had no idea about them!

As disheartening as those comments were, learning about these boxes made me a bit more optimistic. What a wonderful idea.

 

[Convert_in_99]

Yes, it can be improved, but that is an argument to find a better solution, not to abandon this one.

The bolded part is a worst-case scenario. What’s the normal scenario in a baby-in-a-dumpster/toilet scenario? Dead child.
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What’s the every-case scenario in an abortion? Dead child.

Baby boxes give these human beings a chance.

I didn’t indicate that the idea wasn’t good. I still think there should be drop of centers not boxes. Like those yellow “safe place” stickers.

 

[CradleJourney]

I didn’t indicate that the idea wasn’t good. I still think there should be drop of centers not boxes. Like those yellow “safe place” stickers.

There are safe drop places now - but still people do not use them, mainly, I suspect, because someone in that much trouble is already fearful and could not believe they could just walk in, hand off a baby and walk out without any of the “powers that be” giving them trouble.

The boxes allow them to safely abandon the infant without having to face the fear of questions, stares, prosecution, etc.

 

[CouldBNE1]

In case anyone is interested, The Drop Box was an enlightening documentary: imdb.com/title/tt3717510/
It was available on Netflix a few weeks ago; I’m not sure if it still is, but thought some might want to check it out.

 

[ToeInTheWater]

I didn’t indicate that the idea wasn’t good. I still think there should be drop of centers not boxes. Like those yellow “safe place” stickers.

I think in this case, you are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Yes, there is a chance the box could malfunction, but I agree with CradleJourney that many mothers in this circumstance, would be scared to approach anyone in person. If the only alternative to a “baby box” is a dumpster, then I think the risk of something happening to the baby in a “baby box” is worth taking.