Crisis Nurseries Can Save The Lives Of Moms And Babies, But Most People Don’t Even Know They Exist
Two preventable tragedies occurred this month. A newborn was found in a dumpster in New Mexico (alive, thankfully), and another was left outside a Chicago fire station in a duffel bag and died. Whether these pregnancies were planned or not, and no matter what anyone's stance on abortion is, these babies deserved better.
Both of these cases display that mothers and caregivers are still ignorant of all their options. In the case of the baby in New Mexico, security camera footage caught the 18-year-old mother throwing the baby boy away in a black trash bag. Six hours later, some dumpster divers found the infant alive and rescued him. That means the infant was lying in garbage, alone, for hours in a plastic bag and running out of oxygen. The mother has been charged with attempted murder.