Monday, May 14, 2007

Oops


It's being done here in the States, so the Japanese figured they'd try it too -- dropping off an unwanted baby with authorities instead of aborting or abandoning it. But they didn't figure on this.
TOKYO (AP) -- A toddler was found in an anonymous drop box for unwanted children set up by a Catholic-run hospital in southern Japan, media reports said Tuesday.
The boy, believed to be 3 or 4-year-old, was found Thursday -- the day the Jikei Hospital opened the baby drop-off in the southern city of Kumamoto to discourage abortions and the abandonment of children in unsafe public places.
The hospital notified local authorities about the boy, who appeared to be in good health, Kyodo News agency reported, citing unnamed officials. The boy said his father took him to the hospital. Public broadcaster NHK carried a similar report.
I wonder if a teenager would fit through the slot.

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