[SisterofJared]

Abandoning a child is horrible, but keeping one that you find yourself unable to care for and/or unable to love is worse.

The people who leave their babies in dumpsters or their toddlers clinging to a fence by the freeway should be pursued to the full extent of the law.

But people who bring their baby to a Fire Station, a hospital or some designated place like that should not be criminalized. It is better that the child receive the care they deserve. For those parents who are mournfully doing so because they love the child and fear they can't provide, they should be given help. Those who find they don't want to be parents, it should be recognized that they are probably doing what is best for the child, and the child adopted into a loving home. The parents should have no second chance later on.

SoJ