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4. The Right-to-Lifers going to pay for it? Support it? Or eliminate SNAP?

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First infant in Kentucky surrendered anonymously at fire station Safe Haven 'baby box' [View all] jgo Feb 2023 OP

I wonder how long it will be before they start DNA sampling the infants and arresting the mothers. LonePirate Feb 2023 #1

Why would that be necessary? BWdem4life Feb 2023 #21

That would never happen. StevieM Feb 2023 #33

I disagree raising2moredems Feb 2023 #35

I agree that they like to punish. StevieM Feb 2023 #36

RW anti-choice religious freaks would have no problem with baby auctions. roamer65 Feb 2023 #59

Well, if there is opposition to baby boxes, Aristus Feb 2023 #2

Well, in my head, that's the point MissMillie Feb 2023 #23

So what happens to the baby? It is able to be adopted without legal repercussion in the future? efhmc Feb 2023 #3

That could be a possibility. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #5

It would probably depend on timing. cab67 Feb 2023 #31

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer me so completely. efhmc Feb 2023 #38

The Right-to-Lifers going to pay for it? Support it? Or eliminate SNAP? bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #4

Gosh, you'd think that anti abortionists BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #9

I think white evangelicals are Elessar Zappa Feb 2023 #16

I agree that BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #17

Been a while since I've seen a rectory that was a mansion, but that's me. shrike3 Feb 2023 #32

Come on to Kansas and see them in all their glory BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #37

Sir, I've lived in different parts of the country and have seen an awful lot of churches. shrike3 Feb 2023 #41

No I'm talking about the Parish Priests home BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #45

All I know is what I've seen. shrike3 Feb 2023 #46

My subject line can be the same as yours. BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #50

Sir, I respect your experience. I have seen "mansions" owned by the church. shrike3 Feb 2023 #52

Is this what you're talking about? shrike3 Feb 2023 #48

Yes it is BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #51

First of all, I don't consider that a mansion. I don't have problems with the project shrike3 Feb 2023 #53

What is the c and o group? BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #55

Well, maybe it's a mansion by Kansas standards. shrike3 Feb 2023 #56

And your opinions are yours BOSSHOG Feb 2023 #57

I'm glad you work so hard to help your community. shrike3 Feb 2023 #61

Kentucky has plenty of Good Christian Abortion Agencies & funds adoptions NullTuples Feb 2023 #10

This all started here in Indiana I think. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #6

Too many problems with this baby box thing. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #7

Early Renaissance care for these little ones... CTyankee Feb 2023 #27

In which case the mother would probably report the kidnapping. Igel Feb 2023 #34

It's an old concept. Though it wouldn't surprise me if "Safe Haven" started in Indiana. shrike3 Feb 2023 #63

Or, they could respect the right to body autonomy and let them abort months before it comes to this? NullTuples Feb 2023 #8

THIS! momta Feb 2023 #12

Yup. MontanaMama Feb 2023 #18

It's entirely possible the mother did not want an abortion Zeitghost Feb 2023 #65

Procreation is a force of Nature Marthe48 Feb 2023 #11

Oh, Maria hasn't thought this one through, at all Warpy Feb 2023 #13

Her brain is very engaged obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #25

Nope, she's locked into an ideal world Warpy Feb 2023 #29

No, she's not. shrike3 Feb 2023 #54

Found out when I first went to college that the year before in my dorm that a woman had given birth efhmc Feb 2023 #39

Or exposing them on hillsides. shrike3 Feb 2023 #47

The alternative to abortion was infanticide Warpy Feb 2023 #58

Exactly. Are people not aware of history? SMH shrike3 Feb 2023 #62

The "history" that the incurious booboisie is exposed to Warpy Feb 2023 #64

Oh wow! We now live in a society where giving up your child is a normalized and positive thing! Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2023 #14

Adoption has been going on for centuries. nt Phoenix61 Feb 2023 #22

Indeed. n/t shrike3 Feb 2023 #44

"...the rights of parents to get help from the state to raise their families..." Tree-Hugger Feb 2023 #15

I don't know how many countries do offer that kind of help. shrike3 Feb 2023 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author JudyM Feb 2023 #19

Is there a little flag on the box that you raise BWdem4life Feb 2023 #20

Also incest babies obamanut2012 Feb 2023 #24

Better than finding dead newborns in dumpsters, Bayard Feb 2023 #26

I agree. n/t shrike3 Feb 2023 #43

Given the alternatives that existed in the past, Safe Haven baby boxes are quite humane. shrike3 Feb 2023 #28

The right wing really does not care about women OR babies. They care about power and control. efhmc Feb 2023 #40

History holds very few examples of civilizations which truly cared about women or babies. shrike3 Feb 2023 #42

You're gonna need a bigger box. milestogo Feb 2023 #30

Well little miss "just have the baby Karma13612 Feb 2023 #60

How could we ever know the intentions of the mother? Zeitghost Feb 2023 #66