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Oct 31st 2011, 12:33 PM
New service to take in unwanted infants
VIDEO
In city Perm soon will open Russia's first "baby box" - a special window, where mothers, who have decided they do not want their babies, can leave them anonymously; the initiators of the project think this way they can save those children, who at present are often killed by their own mothers.
The authors of Russia's first "baby box" count on people trusting medicine. This is a special window in the wall of a birth clinic, where a woman can leave her newborn, if does not want to raise him/her herself. The difference from the usual child rejection procedure - complete anonymity. The initiators say they can save children from imminent death. Details from Yulia Grabovskaya.
The baby box is literally - box for baby. A place for a mother to bring her unwanted or unneeded child. And, most importantly, do so anonymously. Often, such women fear exposure and public shame. First, they hide their pregnancy, and then kill the newborn. More then 60 such "killer mothers" have been arrested in Russia in the last half of year.
Evena Коtova, head of project "Cradle of Hope":
- This is an alternative to the trash bin, trains, railway stations, where such unwanted infants are left usually. If a woman suddenly decides she cannot raise her child herself, let her leave him with us. Then, we save 2 people for the society: the woman does not become a criminal, a murderer, and that little human being stays alive - one more citizen for the Russian Federation.
Perm - is the first Russian region, where following the example of the Baltic republics they decided to try the baby box.
Yulia Grabovskaya, correspondent:
- They started talking about baby boxes in Perm in spring. After the shocking case of a killer mother from nearby village Kondratovo. The woman had two children within a year from each other, 2010 and 2011, and drowned the last one in a bucket of water.
Elena Danilina was found sufficiently mentally capable. For the infanticide, she was snetenced to 3 years in a penal colony. Her four other children wait for her at home.
Tatyana Kondakova, head inspector of Children and Youth Affairs Department of Perm krai police:
- The mothers usually explain: "I am alone, no husband, I could not bring him/her up myself...".
According to Kondratova, killer mothers and those that leave their children on the street - are usually not alcoholics or narcomaniacs, who do not care about the life of a child. Usually, these are poor, lone mothers, with a brood of other children, who cannot feed another mouth, but are afraid to publically reject their newborn, often for cultural or religious reasons.
The baby boxes would cater to such women.
After Perm this fall "windows of life" will open in Krasnodar krai. other regions have also showed interest, including Moscow. By a "United Russia" initiative a law project on creating these baby boxes in already being discussed in the Duma.
Elena Danilina, who drowned her newborn daughter, will learn of this in prison. The baby boxes were not in time to save her child. But they will preserve many others.
Yulia Grabovskaya, Aleksandr Potaev, Aleksei Gusev. "TV Center", Perm.
http://beta.tvc.ru/ShowNews.aspx?id=82e91f9d-06d9-42c3-a92e-686641586679&date=24.05.2008
This is at a time when laws on abortion are being strictened:
Russia Enacts Law Opposing Abortion
By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
Published: July 15, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/europe/15iht-russia15.html
Russia Adopts Stricter Abortion Law (http://www.turtlebayandbeyond.org/2011/abortion/russia-adopts-stricter-abortion-law/)
Posted on | October 21, 2011 by Stefano Gennarini |
http://www.turtlebayandbeyond.org/2011/abortion/russia-adopts-stricter-abortion-law/
VIDEO
In city Perm soon will open Russia's first "baby box" - a special window, where mothers, who have decided they do not want their babies, can leave them anonymously; the initiators of the project think this way they can save those children, who at present are often killed by their own mothers.
The authors of Russia's first "baby box" count on people trusting medicine. This is a special window in the wall of a birth clinic, where a woman can leave her newborn, if does not want to raise him/her herself. The difference from the usual child rejection procedure - complete anonymity. The initiators say they can save children from imminent death. Details from Yulia Grabovskaya.
The baby box is literally - box for baby. A place for a mother to bring her unwanted or unneeded child. And, most importantly, do so anonymously. Often, such women fear exposure and public shame. First, they hide their pregnancy, and then kill the newborn. More then 60 such "killer mothers" have been arrested in Russia in the last half of year.
Evena Коtova, head of project "Cradle of Hope":
- This is an alternative to the trash bin, trains, railway stations, where such unwanted infants are left usually. If a woman suddenly decides she cannot raise her child herself, let her leave him with us. Then, we save 2 people for the society: the woman does not become a criminal, a murderer, and that little human being stays alive - one more citizen for the Russian Federation.
Perm - is the first Russian region, where following the example of the Baltic republics they decided to try the baby box.
Yulia Grabovskaya, correspondent:
- They started talking about baby boxes in Perm in spring. After the shocking case of a killer mother from nearby village Kondratovo. The woman had two children within a year from each other, 2010 and 2011, and drowned the last one in a bucket of water.
Elena Danilina was found sufficiently mentally capable. For the infanticide, she was snetenced to 3 years in a penal colony. Her four other children wait for her at home.
Tatyana Kondakova, head inspector of Children and Youth Affairs Department of Perm krai police:
- The mothers usually explain: "I am alone, no husband, I could not bring him/her up myself...".
According to Kondratova, killer mothers and those that leave their children on the street - are usually not alcoholics or narcomaniacs, who do not care about the life of a child. Usually, these are poor, lone mothers, with a brood of other children, who cannot feed another mouth, but are afraid to publically reject their newborn, often for cultural or religious reasons.
The baby boxes would cater to such women.
After Perm this fall "windows of life" will open in Krasnodar krai. other regions have also showed interest, including Moscow. By a "United Russia" initiative a law project on creating these baby boxes in already being discussed in the Duma.
Elena Danilina, who drowned her newborn daughter, will learn of this in prison. The baby boxes were not in time to save her child. But they will preserve many others.
Yulia Grabovskaya, Aleksandr Potaev, Aleksei Gusev. "TV Center", Perm.
http://beta.tvc.ru/ShowNews.aspx?id=82e91f9d-06d9-42c3-a92e-686641586679&date=24.05.2008
This is at a time when laws on abortion are being strictened:
Russia Enacts Law Opposing Abortion
By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
Published: July 15, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/europe/15iht-russia15.html
Russia Adopts Stricter Abortion Law (http://www.turtlebayandbeyond.org/2011/abortion/russia-adopts-stricter-abortion-law/)
Posted on | October 21, 2011 by Stefano Gennarini |
http://www.turtlebayandbeyond.org/2011/abortion/russia-adopts-stricter-abortion-law/