A baby drop also exists in South Africa. There were several abandoned baby cases in Hamburg last year, including one in which a newborn was found dead in a trash container. Twenty newborns are abandoned in Germany every year, and about half of them die, said Friedhelm Guethoff of the Children's Protection Agency in Wuppertal. These women gave birth in bathrooms and parks, and feel they need to get rid of their babies before anyone finds out, he said. With the project launch three weeks away, it was still unclear if the city government endorsed the project.
Conservatives oppose plan Conservative local politicians criticized the project today as inhuman.
But local Roman Catholic bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke said the project was a good sign for society. Kaneshia Coren Pinckney Missing from Silver Spring, Md., since July 7, 2000. Inc. All rights reserved.