Why would a woman throw a baby out in the garbage?

Question

Why would a woman throw a baby out in the garbage? They have made it so easy for women now that it isn't a crime to leave your baby at any hospital or church? What would possess someone to want to put an innocent life in harms way? This has me truly perplexed and sad.

Let me just add, I am NOT saying that giving a baby to a hospital or Church in putting a baby in harms way. I AM saying that putting a baby in a garbage can IS putting a baby in harms way.

Answer 1

Shame, fear, and ignorance.

what you must remember here, is that the bulk of these poor babies are children of very young mothers, (teens usually). teens do not have the judgment or common sense that adults do in their everyday life...so why would you expect them to have that ability when facing such a HUGE responsibility as having a baby?
I'm not excusing it...it's wrong, but these "children having children" are not taught what to do.
these laws and conditions about dropping off kids at hospitals and churches are out there....but rarely will you find a confused pregnant teen who KNOWS about it. most teens don't watch the news or know about new legislation, they are too busy being a teenager to care or think that would ever apply to them.
education is needed! it's not SO perplexing at all.

Answer 2

It is usually teen-age girls that do this, not grown women. They are afraid of getting in trouble by their parents so they decide to toss them away instead of giving the baby a good home. I think girls that do this should NEVER be allowed to get pregnant again. It is common knowledge that there are safe places where they can leave their child. All the young girls that do this are NOT from poor families, or mentally unstable. Look at the young couple that was on the news several years ago that went to jail. They were at their prom, and she had her baby in the stall in the bathroom and they decided to throw the baby in the trash! Both her and her b/f should have been sterilized for what they did to that poor baby!

Answer 3

I read a story this morning that a woman microwaved her one month old baby and killed it. What makes women do anything bad to their children? Post-partum depression, fear, etc. I suppose. Personally, I don't understand it, but I didn't have any issues with anything after my two kids were born. My hormones were wacky, but hurting them/throwing them away/killing them/abandoning them, etc. was the last thing on my mind. In some cases I think it's just a case of laziness. These women don't want to be strapped down with a child, so they abandon them. Yes, it's easy enough to take your baby to a fire station, but why do that when it's so much easier just to toss them into a nearby dumpster? These women obviously have issues and need to seek help. I wish I could throw them all in prison and have them beaten daily about the head and face, but unfortunately it's not up to me.

Answer 4

Leaving a baby at a hospital or a church is NOT putting the child in harms way or throwing the child in the garbage. Giving the child to a church or a hospital take the child OUT of harms way.
Kudos to the moms who know that they are not mature enough to raise their children and give them to someone who cares enough and is mature enough to care for them properly.
Its the moms who can't raise their kids and don't care to get help that we should be concerned about. Would you rather the woman be forced to keep the child who may then suffer abuse and neglect? Your reasoning is flawed.

Answer 5

Sometimes there is something psychologically wrong with them. But usually they come from a background where they think that if their families find out then their familes will punish or disown them. You'll find that most of the "women" that do that are teens.

Answer 6

I don't know why. I figure it must be young girls/women who just aren't educated. They probably come from abusive families who would really hurt them if they were to find out they were even pregnant in the first place. They could also just be very sick and depressed.

I don't know why--I can only pray that it doesn't happen.

Answer 7

i would guess that they are young and immature, and too scared to take the baby to a hospital or church or fire station. that seems like the easiest choice at the time for them at the time. it's really very sad

Answer 8

I will never be able to understand how a woman can throw her baby in a trashcan. It is very sad.

Answer 9

Mentally unstable.

Answer 10

They obviously have something wrong with them. This is what the world is coming to. It is sad