No, but using extreme possible scenarios as a basis for criminal law hardly seems like a sensible strategy either. Criminalising certain activities always has c

No, but using extreme possible scenarios as a basis for criminal law hardly seems like a sensible strategy either. Criminalising certain activities always has consequences. If the threat of being thrown in gaol for abandoning an infant really does have the desired preventative properties, and doesn't lead to other unintended consequences (e.g. women choosing abortion or attempting an unsupervised birth instead if they're at all concerned they'll be unable to care for the child, and risk being gaoled for abandoning it), then sure, criminalise it. Both seem like unlikely propositions to me.