TOKYO - 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 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.
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.
Abortion is readily available and widespread in Japan where restriction against the measure is loose and there are no clear religious taboos.
Nearly 290,000 abortions were reported in 2005, according to the Health Ministry.. (Associated Press, 10 May 2007).
Comment: Just imagine farmers who would readily sow their seeds in their beautiful farms but does not want the harvests. What sort of farmers are they?
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