Baby Bins???
 

'Baby bins' installed to halt spate of infanticides

By Roger Boyes in Berlin

March 28, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Australian


DESPERATE mothers are being urged to drop their unwanted babies through hatches at hospitals in an effort to halt a spate of infanticides that has shocked Germany.
At least 23 babies have been killed so far this year, many of them beaten to death or strangled by their mothers before being dumped on wasteland or in rubbish bins.

Police investigating the murders are at a loss to explain the sudden surge in such cases, which have involved mothers of all ages all over the country.

Now city councils have launched an advertising campaign to highlight the problem and to promote greater use of the Baby-Klappe hatches that allow women to drop off their babies to be found and cared for without having to give their names.

Posters were being put up in cities and towns across Germany yesterday, urging women to make use of the Baby-Klappe, with the slogan "Before babies land in the rubbish bin ..."

The baby-drops, modelled on foundling wheels first used in Italy in medieval times, are not the final antidote to these killings, but they do offer an alternative for some mothers.

The drop-off point is usually hidden from view, shielded by trees and away from security cameras.

The baby is put on to a tray that slides through a hole in the wall and is gently lowered into a heated cot.

An alarm bell alerts nursing staff - but only after the mother has been given sufficient time to make a getaway.

The baby can be reclaimed, usually up to three months later, should the mother change her mind.

The campaign has attracted criticism from senior clergymen and charities, who argue that it could encourage mothers to dump their children.

But there is agreement that something must be done to address what appears to be an infanticide epidemic.

Last Thursday, a 27-year-old woman known as Sabine H. surrendered to police in an eastern German town after her newborn child was found in a blue plastic rubbish bag trapped in the reeds of a lake.

In the same week, Monika K, 26, was arrested on suspicion of throwing her baby out of a 10-storey Hamburg apartment building, wrapped in a plastic shopping bag.

She had given birth to him half an hour before, in the bath. A dog scratched open the bag.

For the past week, Susanne H. from Baiersdorf in Bavaria has been on trial for strangling her baby daughter and putting her in the freezer.

The 39-year-old mother of two boys, aged 10 and 4, feared her boyfriend's disapproval.

"He threatened to throw me out if I concealed another pregnancy from him," she told the court.

Another woman was arrested in Kiel, in Germany's north, a week ago after police found two dead babies in her freezer. One was stillborn a year ago; the other was a recent live birth.

Earlier this month, a driver pulled up at a car park in Kiel and found the corpse of a young baby in a waste-paper basket.

The DNA coincided with that of another baby fished out of a rubbish sorting depot a year ago; the mother has not been traced.

Experts believe the true number of infanticide cases is even higher than the 23 that have come to light.

Political support for the campaign has come from the Greens, but the Government is more wary, fearing legal problems.

On occasions, children with severe disabilities or babies aged more than three months have been dumped: both in breach of the law.

In Berlin alone, six babies have been pushed through a slot since they were introduced in 2003.

Initial scepticism started to melt after a woman in eastern Germany was arrested for letting nine of her babies die. Some were buried in plant pots in her garden.

My initial reaction was wtf? no nononononono!!

But now I think its a really good idea!!!

Herre is a good story on them:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=7730566

Or find a buyer.

Ya know? Here are these women. There's no good way out for them. And they end up doing this horrible thing to babies.

I heard that show on NPR. We already have a similar program here in the US.

Except for a select few that a situation turned bad, why are these people having babies in the first place?

The Bad Touch
Written by Jimmy Franks

Ha-ha, well now, we call this the act of mating
But there are several other
Very important differences
Between human beings and animals
That you should know about
I'd appreciate your input

Sweat baby, sweat baby
Sex is a Texas drought
Me and you do the kind of stuff
That only Prince would sing about
So put your hands down my pants
And I bet you'll feel nuts
Yes I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert
And you're getting two thumbs up
You've had enough of two-hand touch
You want it rough, you're out of bounds
I want you smothered, want you covered
Like my Waffle House hashbrowns
Comin' quicker than Fed Ex
Never reach an apex
Just like coca-cola stock
You are inclined to make me rise an hour early
Just like daylight savings time
Do it now

You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let''s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin' horny now

Love the kind, you clean up
With a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of Egypt
Only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics? Let me be Pacific
I wanna go down in your South Seas
But I got this notion
That the motion of your ocean means
"Small Craft Advisory"
So if I capsize on your thighs
High tide B-5 you sunk my battleship
Please turn me on
I'm Mr. Coffee
With an automatic drip
So show me yours, I'll show you mine
"Tool Time"
You'll Lovelett just like Lyle
And then we'll do it doggy style
So we can both watch "X-Files"

You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let''s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin' horny now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let''s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin' horny now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let''s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Gettin' horny now

Bloodhound Gang for the win!

Foxtrot! Uniform! Charlie! Kilo!

Because birth control, pregnancy tests, abortions, and prenatal care are all very difficult to think about when you're high on crack.

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