The Outrage of the Day for Thursday 5/10/07

Japan's first "baby hatch" where parents can drop off unwanted infants anonymously opened Thursday despite opposition from the conservative national government.  The baby hatch, modeled on a project in Germany, went into operation at a Roman Catholic hospital 560 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Now there are three ways to get rid of your baby.

1.  Abort - preferably late and violently

2.  Dump the child in a trash bin after giving birth - preferably in a motel laundry room with your 17 year old boyfriend present

3.  Fly to Japan and dispose of the child humanely where Nuns and nurses can take care of him properly.

For the morally sensitive, this presents quite a dilemma.  As a student of philosophy, I could certainly make arguments in several directions regarding which is the preferable path.  After all, the baby hatch is better than the laundry room bin.

There are apparently many abortions in Japan.  The birth rate is dwindling. 

And so our society has come to this.  It is really just a drive by adoption.  And we all know adoption is better than abortion.  It's kind of like returning the books to the library in the bin outside - better to do that than be late another week waiting to get inside and pay your overdue fine with the librarian.

I believe in God's will.  I don't believe birth control is wrong, unlike the Catholics (I grew up Catholic.)  I think it is highly ethical to prevent conception if you aren't prepared to father or mother a child.  If you have a child, you have a moral obligation to care for her.  If you can't, for whatever reason, you have a moral obligation to arrange the best foster home possible.  While the end result of a hatch adoption may be acceptable for the child, the perpetrator falls woefully short on moral performance.

But what does it say about the society in Germany and Japan that we find this acceptable?  This would never happen in America.  Oh, I forgot, half our society thinks the most important civil right in the constitution is an implied right (based on privacy) to kill babies.   Be sure to vote for Hillary so that your constitutional rights can be protected.