I think something else may have happened to the baby first and whoever abandoned him/her got scared of the blood and left him/her on a doorstep instead of risk being in trouble for abuse.

Anonymous wrote:When I read that the baby was abandoned on a doorstep, it makes me think that the mother at least tried to put the baby somewhere she thought would be safe. Maybe she thought the baby would cry and someone would open the door. If she didn't care if the baby died, why not toss it in a trash can?

It's clear that the mother (or whomever left the baby) made the wrong choice, but based on where the cold was left, I don't think the idea was to let her die.

On the one hand the baby was left at the street gate, not at the door. On the other hand you have a good point, if the aim was certain death, throwing a baby in the trash can would have made more sense.

I saw the men interviewed on tv (the one who found her and the one who owned the house). The man who owned the house said he has young children and he is very sad he didn't see her, that they would have taken her in. I can't imagine the guilt I would feel knowing a baby died at my front steps. If only I had gone outside...

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.

Both are done and are more highly marketed then a safe haven sites.

So it would have been commendable for the mother to have aborted the baby?

Yes!

Anonymous wrote:I'm so afraid we are going to start hearing more stories like this as more women's rights are being aggressively taken away state by state.

I posted earlier on this thread and think this is just fearmongering. Really. Save the politics for some other time. Now is not the place.

When I read that the baby was abandoned on a doorstep, it makes me think that the mother at least tried to put the baby somewhere she thought would be safe. Maybe she thought the baby would cry and someone would open the door. If she didn't care if the baby died, why not toss it in a trash can?

It's clear that the mother (or whomever left the baby) made the wrong choice, but based on where the cold was left, I don't think the idea was to let her die.

I'm so afraid we are going to start hearing more stories like this as more women's rights are being aggressively taken away state by state.

I agree. If you leave a week old baby (wrapped in a towel no less) on someone's porch in the freezing cold you are making the choice for them not to live. If you wanted to reserve the possibility of them surviving but just without you, you could easily leave a baby somewhere else or ring the bell even if you didnt know about the safe haven thing. Dont mistake a scared teen or a disadvantaged one even with them not knowing what would happen if they left a newborn on a stoop in the temps we have been having at night.

Just read the article and had the overwhelming instinct to grab the baby up and hold her to my chest and warm her. So horrible.

iluvmeconspiracy wrote:terrible yes

But it was probably some scared teen who had no network of support.

Oh please, she was selfish and profoundly stupid to leave a newborn on a stranger's porch in the freezing cold. At least knock on the damn door to let someone know you are leaving a baby on the porch. What an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.

Both are done and are more highly marketed then a safe haven sites.

So it would have been commendable for the mother to have aborted the baby?

NP here. Who said it would be "commendable"? No mystery what side of the pro life debate you are on I guess.

Anonymous wrote:I read one story that said she had blood in her mouth and nose. It sounds like it may have been even more tragic than simple abandonment. So horrible.

OP here. I read this as well, which is why I posted about not knowing the circumstances. I don't want my mind to really go there, but I do wonder if something else occurred before the abandonment.
Oh, so, so, so sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.

Both are done and are more highly marketed then a safe haven sites.

So it would have been commendable for the mother to have aborted the baby?

I read one story that said she had blood in her mouth and nose. It sounds like it may have been even more tragic than simple abandonment. So horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.

Both are done and are more highly marketed then a safe haven sites.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.