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Old 05-28-2013, 02:51 PM
 
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"BEIJING (AP) — A newborn's cries from a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China led a tenant to a startling discovery: a baby boy trapped in a sewage pipe beneath a squat toilet.
Firefighters, unable to pull the baby out, ended up sawing away an L-shaped section of the pipe and carrying it to a hospital, where it was delicately pried apart to save the infant...

In China, reports of babies being abandoned are common and fuel public anger against a strict one-child policy that imposes huge fines on parents who violate the rules. The policy has been blamed as a factor in causing parents to abandon unwanted children, although they are usually baby girls because of a traditional preference for males."

Rescuers save newborn from sewage pipe in China

I am happy that this child was saved, but I am sad that somebody did this, and that government policy seems to encourage such.
China has a large population, making up about 20% of the world's population.
Still, aren't there better solutions than this???
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Old 05-28-2013, 02:54 PM
 
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I'm impressed at how many people - even strangers came to do what they could to help this child.

I wish more such concern would be expressed for the many children (developing human beings) tortured and killed via abortions.
At 8 weeks gestation, all body systems are intact, including the nervous system.
So by the time abortions are performed, children can feel their body being ripped apart.

I believe in being able to choose - to have responsible sex or not to.
I don't believe in being able to choose for a vulnerable child to pay by death, for one's irresponsibility.
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