Abandoned Babies

awwww i dont understand a woman who would want to do thins. But i see it happens... I dont even know. See i cant ever relate to see if its a hate thing. or a confused thing. I dont know what makes a person think and do this. so in that case, its hard to think of a "correct" diciplinary action to take.

I could never even imagine a good enough reason to do something so horrible. I think mothers who harm their babies should get in alot of trouble!! I just cant understand why anyone would want to hurt such a precious little person. And how they could live with themselves after it.

Yes, they need to be in jail so they wont do it again. How could someone just abandon the baby when she carried the baby for 9 month in her body? Some mother want to stay with the their babies. Mothers who dont care about her babies, they need to get herself fixed so that she cant do it again.

Of Course they should!!! What kind of question is that? I mean is there actually people out there that think they shouldn't? :(

yes. They should go to jail. They also should lose all parental rights, and rights to any future children

YES, YES, YES...Oh did I mention YES? If the mother has a mental illness, suffering from post-partum depression etc... by all means give them the mental health help they need but do so WHILE they are incarcerated. The moment that child is in existance it is a viable life...I see no possible justifcation for such a thing (and I am mom to 7)...VERY few babies come into this world because they were planned or with Mom and Dad feeling prepared and ready for dealing with parenthood, but most of us could never discount a life so easily...especially that of our own flesh and blood. If you walked up to a stranger on the street and tried to commit cold blooded murder, you would pay a serious price for that act...these women are worse...at least with a stranger on the street, that individual has some ability to resist, to fight back, to run...something...these newborn babies are totally defenseless

In many areas of the US (and world) if you leave the baby at a safe place--police station or hospital you can't be prosecuted for abandonment. Many people don't realize that and just dump their babies any where which is sad. In the US if you take the baby to the desk at the hospital before it is a couple of weeks old and say you can't care for it anymore they will take the baby--no questions asked and you are free to go. You can even get the baby back before it is a couple of months old if you can prove you can care for it then. Most people just don't realize that. If a person throws their baby in the dumpster or leaves them to die then yes I think they should go to jail--that isn't just abandonment, that is attempted murder or if they die it is murder.

Depends on where they "dump" them. There are laws inplace that women can take babys to police stations, hosp, and churchs so they dont feel like they have to dump them. Sometimes its hard on a person to care for a baby, I may not agree with them. But it does happen. So no I dont think they should go to jail if they, took the baby to one of these places. Now if they just left the baby in the side of the road, or trash can or something, yes... I say punish them to the fullest exeption of the law. There are place that are equipt to handle children not wanted, are are set to not ask questions, but provide a safe place for the baby.. Just my two cents.

Yes! They have to be in jail!, in the first place why do they have to get involved in that thing if they are not ready to have a baby

Absolutely! A baby is a precious human life. Dumping a baby to rot, and starve of hunger is murdering a innocent life. I cannot understand how could a mother do such a thing. They can give it up for adoption if they can not take care of the baby.

Yes, if a mother dumps her baby, she should go to jail. When a baby is abandoned, its life becomes endangered...newborns need to be fed and kept warm...abandonment compromises both of these. If a woman doesn't want a baby, she shouldn't become pregnant, point blank. If she doesn't want a baby, yet still becomes pregnant, she should give to child up for adoptions. Babies are human beings that are completely dependent upon others...just leaving a newborn somewhere is cruel and inhumane. I think it is one of the worst crimes that can be committed.

the reasons why some mothers dump their babies are: because of unwanted pregnancy or because they cannot sustain the needs of their babies. i think they should not go to jail but go to an institution where they cater women who are unresponsible to their babies or children wherein they teach these women to love their children. sometimes we cannot blame these women who dump their babies, i guess some of them are wishing that their babies may find a foster parent who can support them. so i guess jail is not the appropriate place for them but an institution who would take care of them and teach them....

Yes i believe that mothers who abandon their babies should go to jail! If u fall pregnant and u don't want the child then that is what adoption agencies are for. If u choose to keep the baby and it gets to hard they should get help, no child deserves to be dumped, its not their fault

I think absolutely unless they take advantage of the laws that allow them to walk into any hospital or police station and surrender a baby, no questions asked. With SO many loving and caring families willing to adopt a baby I don't think any mother should be optionless. If we didn't have the safe surrender laws I think our abortion rates would be higher and our baby adoption wait times even longer. IF however, by abandon you mean simply dump a baby in a dumpster or out on street than YES! Absolutely she should be prosecuted and go to jail.

Yes they should!!

Ya i agree to u 100%, they should be dumped in jail for the whole life. they dont think that once they were also a child

I believe that if they drop them off at a place where the baby is safe, like a hospital, dr. office, etc, then no they shouldnt. Throwing them in a trashcan, of course they should go to jail.

No. It's better for them to leave their babies than to take the chance of something worse happening. Besides, why take away the opportunity for families who can't have biological children or who want to adopt to be able to.

it depends. if they drop them off at a safe haven, then no because they did the more responsible thing. if they dont, and take them to a dumpster or something then yes, because that is indangerment of a child!

Yes. Any mother who causes harm to her children be it physical or mental should have to pay the price.