Baby Safety Compromised

Most states, for the safety of newborn babies, have laws where newborns can be dropped off at a police station, fire department, or hospital, and no questions will be asked. Of course, the babies can't just be dumped, but if the mother feels they are unable to care for the child, they can turn it over to the authorities.

This law was adopted quite simply, to prevent babies from showing up in dumpsters when their mothers felt they had nowhere else to turn. And so far, with the support of nearly everyone, the laws have been doing as they intended- saving the lives of innocent babies.

Yet in steps our media, and instead of keeping this safe, yet tragic experience private, they feel the need to report on it and let everyone know what is going on. Of course, in their own defense, they state they never release the name of the mother. However, I've heard them give somewhat of the following description:

"A young Latino woman, approximately 16 years old, dressed in a red tshirt with blue jeans, with long black hair, dropped her baby off at Fix You Methodist Hospital at approximately 8:30 p.m. The girl, probably a neighborhood teen, since she wasn't driving a car, was escorted by a young man who is apparently the father. The young man, still wearing his Thrown Rod Auto Repair uniform, cried as the couple departed and walked north toward Main Street. To keep this young couple's identity anonymous, we will not say that they went into the fourth house down on the right."

Now, do these morons not know that by releasing so much information about the incident, that they are virtually giving away the mother's identity, and making others that might make the same decision to hesitate out of fear of exposure?

I am all for the free press, but with freedom comes responsibility. Unfortunately our newscasters have forgotten this.