Comments on: Baby Drop Boxes? What’s Next? http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next A blog for and about parents who have placed a child for adoption. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:23:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: emory77 http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1602 emory77 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:05:31 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1602 No problem, I appreciate your kind response. :)<br /> <br /> I look forward to reading more and doing my own research as well. (We have to all pitch in, right?)<br /> <br /> Have a great remainder of the weekend, take care. No problem, I appreciate your kind response. :)

I look forward to reading more and doing my own research as well. (We have to all pitch in, right?)

Have a great remainder of the weekend, take care.

]]> By: Jan Baker http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1601 Jan Baker Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:00:47 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1601 Emory77 - Glad you will continue reading. Sorry, did not mean to be hurtful. Don't feel as though you have to censor your comments, knowing you are new to adoption helps. <br /> <br /> Hmmm, what is the government doing? That is a post in itself - let me think about that question and maybe I will do a post on it. Emory77 – Glad you will continue reading. Sorry, did not mean to be hurtful. Don’t feel as though you have to censor your comments, knowing you are new to adoption helps.

Hmmm, what is the government doing? That is a post in itself – let me think about that question and maybe I will do a post on it.

]]> By: emory77 http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1600 emory77 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:29:15 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1600 maybe I lost the point in your original digression, my apologies for that. <br /> <br /> My intention was to agree with your points but to also point out that government is trying. And my question about what more are we to do was a serious one. <br /> <br /> I'm new to adoption. So please forgive me for not being up to snuff on all the lobbying and actions being taken. Baby boxes sound ridiculous, to be sure, but talking about your audience as if they aren't keeping up with the boards, is a tad hurtful.<br /> <br /> I'll continue to read your blog, Jan, but I'll be more weary when I go to respond next.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> maybe I lost the point in your original digression, my apologies for that.

My intention was to agree with your points but to also point out that government is trying. And my question about what more are we to do was a serious one.

I’m new to adoption. So please forgive me for not being up to snuff on all the lobbying and actions being taken. Baby boxes sound ridiculous, to be sure, but talking about your audience as if they aren’t keeping up with the boards, is a tad hurtful.

I’ll continue to read your blog, Jan, but I’ll be more weary when I go to respond next.

]]> By: Jan Baker http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1599 Jan Baker Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:04:38 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1599 Thanks Judy, you got what I was saying! Emory 77 apparently did not.<br /> <br /> "If we didn't have safe havens...then the government would be considered even more cruel. remember, there are still cases of women leaving their babies for dead in trash bags behind grocery stores, restaurants and even fields."<br /> <br /> Bad things happened to babies before safe havens and yes, they continue - you're right, the world is not perfect. That is the point, safe havens are not the answer. If they were, we would not still have babies being left other places.<br /> <br /> What more is there to do? And why aren't we lobbying to get it done? There is alot!<br /> <br /> How we police every single pregnant woman, no matter their station in life, to make sure that don't something rash? We cannot. Despite all our best efforts, we cannot stop unstable women from doing terrible things. <br /> Thanks Judy, you got what I was saying! Emory 77 apparently did not.

“If we didn’t have safe havens…then the government would be considered even more cruel. remember, there are still cases of women leaving their babies for dead in trash bags behind grocery stores, restaurants and even fields.”

Bad things happened to babies before safe havens and yes, they continue – you’re right, the world is not perfect. That is the point, safe havens are not the answer. If they were, we would not still have babies being left other places.

What more is there to do? And why aren’t we lobbying to get it done? There is alot!

How we police every single pregnant woman, no matter their station in life, to make sure that don’t something rash? We cannot. Despite all our best efforts, we cannot stop unstable women from doing terrible things.

]]> By: JudyK http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1598 JudyK Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:32:58 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1598 Good points, Jan. The exact point being that someone who isn't in her right mind to begin with and wants to dump her baby somewhere isn't them going to suddenly have a burst of rational thought with, "Oh yes, I must find a Safe Haven drop off point for this baby." <br /> <br /> It's just not working. Good points, Jan. The exact point being that someone who isn’t in her right mind to begin with and wants to dump her baby somewhere isn’t them going to suddenly have a burst of rational thought with, “Oh yes, I must find a Safe Haven drop off point for this baby.”

It’s just not working.

]]> By: emory77 http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next/comment-page-1#comment-1597 emory77 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:31:26 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/12/baby-drop-boxes-what-s-next#comment-1597 Ya know...the world just isn't perfect. Panic at the very least is what happens. Sheer panic leads to Jane Doe or her boyfriend dropping the baby off. If we didn't have safe havens...then the government would be considered even more cruel. remember, there are still cases of women leaving their babies for dead in trash bags behind grocery stores, restaurants and even fields. <br /> <br /> What more is there to do? And why aren't we lobbying to get it done?<br /> <br /> How we police every single pregnant woman, no matter their station in life, to make sure that don't something rash? <br /> <br /> Ya know…the world just isn’t perfect. Panic at the very least is what happens. Sheer panic leads to Jane Doe or her boyfriend dropping the baby off. If we didn’t have safe havens…then the government would be considered even more cruel. remember, there are still cases of women leaving their babies for dead in trash bags behind grocery stores, restaurants and even fields.

What more is there to do? And why aren’t we lobbying to get it done?

How we police every single pregnant woman, no matter their station in life, to make sure that don’t something rash?

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