Saturday, October 22, 2016

Russia poised to ban ‘baby boxes’

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The Russian parliament is poised to ban “baby boxes”—heated incubators in which mothers can anonymously leave a newborn child.

Nineteen baby boxes have been installed in Russia since 2011, according to the Vatican newspaper, and hospitals are automatically alerted of a baby’s placement in the box within thirty seconds.

Fifty children’s lives have been saved, according to a BBC report.

Yelena Mizulina, the lawmaker who is leading the effort to ban baby boxes, said that the practice encourages child trafficking and abandonment.