The Baby Box

[Lepplady]

There are so many babies abandoned in the streets of South Korea that a pastor in made a box at his home where unwanted babies can be placed instead. He adopts as many as he can and cares for as many as he can, and gives safe delivery of the ones he can't keep to the hospital and ultimately orphanage.
Some people hail his efforts as a life-saving blessing, while others call his box illegal and insist that he encourages women to give up their infants.
What do you think?

 

[Neesy]

There are so many babies abandoned in the streets of South Korea that a pastor in made a box at his home where unwanted babies can be placed instead. He adopts as many as he can and cares for as many as he can, and gives safe delivery of the ones he can't keep to the hospital and ultimately orphanage.
Some people hail his efforts as a life-saving blessing, while others call his box illegal and insist that he encourages women to give up their infants.
What do you think?

I don't think he is encouraging women to give up their infants. As a mother I remember the close bond I felt with my newborn. Nothing would encourage me to abandon my baby. They are so helpless at that age. All I can say is that he is helping women and babies as far as I can see. If you are destitute and if abortion is illegal (which I am not sure if that is the case there) then you are essentially forced to go through with the pregnancy, I guess. If there are so many babies abandoned in the streets of South Korea (as you say) that indicates that there is a big problem that needs to be addressed (I am guessing poverty, poor education, lack of birth control, prostitution?)

 

[Lepplady]

Some of the women left notes with their babies. One was 14, another said she was so desperate that she'd bought poison to kill her baby and herself if she didn't have a place to give the baby to. It's such a bad situation over there. These babies are blessed.

 

[Shasta]

Some of the women left notes with their babies. One was 14, another said she was so desperate that she'd bought poison to kill her baby and herself if she didn't have a place to give the baby to. It's such a bad situation over there. These babies are blessed.

We have an office in South Korea. Things aren't that bad there. Maybe you mean North Korea??

I should clarify. I understand that this is taking place in South Korea but I think it may be because of the fact that the kids are mostly disabled (according to the video), not because things are bad in South Korea. Because they aren't.

 

[Lepplady]

According to the people in the video, there's a terrible stigma about having a baby out of wedlock there, and that there's a lot of pressure to get rid of the babies. From the look of it, the healthy babies are taken to the orphanage. That's what happened to a baby that was left in the box during filming. The disabled children in the house have been adopted by the reverend and his wife, inspired by their own, biological disabled son. They would adopt more but the limit is 20.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Incredible... I think this family is doing a wonderful thing, beautiful people.

 

[Neesy]

There are so many babies abandoned in the streets of South Korea that a pastor in made a box at his home where unwanted babies can be placed instead. He adopts as many as he can and cares for as many as he can, and gives safe delivery of the ones he can't keep to the hospital and ultimately orphanage.
Some people hail his efforts as a life-saving blessing, while others call his box illegal and insist that he encourages women to give up their infants.
What do you think?

Lepplady - I finally watched the entire video. That is heartbreaking. I think the Reverend is doing something good for the unwed mothers, even if technically it is illegal for the babies to be dropped off there. Sorry to have given my opinion earlier without watching the entire video.

Most of the babies ARE healthy but he has adopted many of the disabled ones. He is not young and I admire him for being so loving and giving. I hope he can continue to care for these children but it must be difficult, the older he gets. Good video - thanks for posting it.

 

[Lepplady]

I'm glad to see that volunteers come in to help him and his wife.