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Some time ago I wrote this post:
http://my.opera.com/LorenzoCelsi/blog/2011/06/10/secret-mothers

I am reading a baby was left in the "anonymous" heated bed in a hospital in Milano for the first time since the service was opened in 2007. The baby was given the first name Mario (from the saint of the day, Maria Goretti) and the last name Mangiagalli (from the name of the hospital, that comes from a doctor and mayor of Milano at the beginning of 1900).

Sign of the times?

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serious Saturday, July 7, 2012 7:51:35 AM

I have to say, I'm glad that such institutions exist as an option for unwanted children (think: teen-pregnancy), and also that obviously the social system is good enough that only one baby was given away in 5 years.

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Saturday, July 7, 2012 8:06:43 AM

There are other ways to "give away" a baby, for example you can legally opt for it when he/she is born in the hospital. In Milano there are about 20 cases per year. It seems in Italy as a whole the average is about 400 per year. They become adoptions.

The "anonymous" bed for abandoning children is an answer for extreme situations where the child risks to be abandoned in unsafe places because the mother either doesn't know the laws or is hiding from authorities for any reason.

Annespiritcrow Saturday, July 7, 2012 9:04:16 PM

at least there is somewhere for the baby to be taken, rather than other alternatives that a desperate mother might turn to sad . Hopefully a loving couple that is infertile or wants another child will adopt smile

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