Comments on: Japan’s first baby drop-off hatch is open!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:02:21 +0000

My husband and I would like to adopt, which agency, location does the baby hatch post use for it’s adoption program?

By: Foreign baby left in hospital baby hatch | Japan Probe

Foreign baby left in hospital baby hatch | Japan Probe — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:56:55 +0000

[...] News reports that a foreign baby has been left at the controversial “baby post” drop-off hatch in Kyushu: A baby with foreign nationality was left at Japan’s first “baby hatch” at a [...]

By: Japan’s Baby Hatch- 16 babies dropped off in first year | Japan Probe

Japan’s Baby Hatch- 16 babies dropped off in first year | Japan Probe — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:10:18 +0000

[...] the “baby post” we reported about back in 2006? One year has passed since its official opening, and a total of 16 babies have been left there: A Roman Catholic hospital set up the hatch a year [...]

By: Emmy.

Emmy. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:25:22 +0000

I think the drop boxes are an amazing idea, They are stopping, or at least slowing the number of abortions worldwide, and saving people’s lives. I’m not against abortion, but if there is a chance to save an innocent child’s life, do it. =] I’m actually, currently doing a speech on the topic in a tournament here.

By: Global Voices Online » Beheadings, Shoot-outs and Baby Dumping: Where is Japan heading?

Sat, 19 May 2007 09:35:01 +0000

[...] Add to these two the story of the first Japanese “Akachan Post” (Baby Post, also referred to as a “Stork’s Cradle”), a kind of “baby hatch” measuring 50 centimetres by 60 centimetres, opening onto a small heated compartment. Parents who, for whatever reason, cannot take care of their children can drop off their young babies in this hatch; hospital personnel are alerted when the door is opened, and immediately come to receive the baby. [...]