Spread of 'baby boxes' in Europe alarms United Nations

[MADem]

25. I agree--not feasible. The "receiving agencies" know where and when each child was received.

If the parent knows that information, too--June 13th 2012, at the baby drop box at the corner of Fifth and Main, a two week old infant in a blue blanket--I'd wager the receiving agency could figure out, if the parent contacted them years later, who the kid was.

It would be a one-way street, though, as adoptions always were back in the old days. There was no open adoption, and no rules that allowed the children to find their parents. Both parties had to agree. Of course, people could always put their DNA in a registry if they were determined to find out their past--and that might or might not work. But with the baby boxes, the parent is the one in the driver's seat, because the only known person in the transaction is the child.