'Drop box' for unwanted children opens in Japan

A Japanese hospital has opened the country's only anonymous drop box for unwanted children.

A Japanese hospital has opened the country's only anonymous drop box for unwanted children.

The baby drop-off, called "Crane's Cradle," was opened by the Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto as a way to discourage abortions and the abandonment of children in unsafe public places. The hospital described it as a parent's last resort.

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