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Slide Show: 6 of the best countries for new moms
Beijing :: China | 7 days ago
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China There are no boxes for babies in China, which is probably best known for its one-child policy, but new mothers in this country do have a little perk called zuo yuezi, or sitting the month. During this 30-day period after birth, the mother rests
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National › Kumamoto baby hatch says it received 9 infants in fiscal 2012
Kumamoto :: Japan | 28 days ago
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Jikei Hospital, which offers to anonymously accept children from parents who feel they cannot raise their children, has released a report on the number of babies left in its baby hatch. Jikei Hospital Board Chairman Taiji Hasuda said the catholic
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The revival of 'baby boxes' for unwanted infants
Edmonton :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Baby boxes a convent practice that dates to medieval times are seeing a revival around the world, including in Canada where Alberta became the second province on Monday to offer the safe haven for unwanted infants. Alberta's Covenant Health, a
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US family pleas for couple missing in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
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The family of an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband has broken months of silence over the mysterious case, making public appeals for the couple's safe return. James Coleman, the father of 27-year-old
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George H.W. Bush expected to stay in hospital
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Bush is unlikely to leave the Houston hospital where he's being cared for anytime soon but would tell well-wishers to "put the harps back in the closet," a longtime aide says. more » The End of Baby Boxes Dec. AM In some countries babies are being
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Jermaine Jackson drops in at OrphanCare baby hatch
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 6 months ago
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Jermaine Jackson from pop group The Jacksons paid a visit to the OrphanCare Foundation's baby hatch which rescues abandoned babies. I think they're doing a great job, because children need to be placed in proper families as not all families represent
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B.C. doctor disagrees with UN's ban on Angel's Cradles
Vancouver :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Paul's Hospital will continue to take in unwanted babies, despite a UN call for a ban on baby boxes. Dr. Geoffrey Cundiff, regional head of obstetrics and gynecology for Vancouver Coastal Health, said the hospital has no plans to scrap the baby
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Poland's 'baby hatches' leave vulnerable mothers exposed | Sophia Deboick
Vienna :: Austria | 6 months ago
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A "baby bank" in Hamburg, Germany, where mothers can leave their newborn babies in a heated hatch, for social workers to pick up and care for. Photograph: Nina Ruecker/Getty Images Over the last six years, the Polish branch of the Catholic charity
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Your letters: Mother's lap is a child's heaven
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 7 months ago
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A world without children would be like a garden without flowers, sky without stars and rainbow without colors...We should remember that our children are not our own but are lent to us by the creator...Boxes are meant for non-living things and not for
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U.N. Committee Calls For An End To Centuries-Old Practice Of 'Baby Boxes'
Mumbai :: India | 7 months ago
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For centuries, European mothers who felt they were incapable of caring for a newborn could leave the baby in a "foundling wheel," a rotating crib set up at the entrance to a convent or a place of worship. Today, there's a debate over the modern
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