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Or adoption. Or I mean... it's not like people don't still abandon their babies if they really want to.
by freehunter 9y ago
Or adoption. Or I mean... it's not like people don't still abandon their babies if they really want to.
- emodendroket 9y agoSo... you're saying that society provides a more humane option so that we no longer leave children to die of exposure. Unlike in the past.
- philwelch 9y agoYou can even avoid legal consequences by abandoning them at a fire station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law
- emodendroket 9y agoYes, but in the Roman world they left them at trash dumps and if they didn't simply die of exposure they were free for anyone to take as slaves. So I think we're still doing a bit better.