Good grief, what does it say about our society that we need stickers telling mothers not to throw their babies into dumpsters? "Official Cyndee Garcia shows off a sticker that will soon be placed in various locations in Orosi, Calif., in hope of dissuading mothers from abandoning their babies."
Maybe more hospitals and police stations need a "wheel of innocence," which allows mothers to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies. Interesting article here about the first hospital to begin this practice, the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence, Italy, the "oldest known institution continuously devoted to the welfare of children." It operated from 1445 to 1875. "The Ospedale degli Innocenti has cared for over 375,000 in its five and a half centuries, and continues to help care for abandoned children today."
Hat tip to Neatorama.
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