BABY DUMP NEWS, October 24, 2007–v7 #43
October 24, 2007 – 8:51 am
BABY DUMP NEWS:
A WEEKLY E-CHRONICLE OF NEWBORN ABANDONMENT
INFANTICIDE,
SAFE HAVEN LEGISLATION
AND RELATED ISSUES
October 24, 2007–v7 #43
Distributed weekly by:
Marley Elizabeth Greiner, Executive Chair, Bastard Nation
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Due to attending back-to-back conferences BDN is off schedule once again. I have broken the newsletter into 2 parts to match the original publication dates. Things should be back to normal soon.
***THIS WEEK***
KENTUCKY–Dead newborn found at Bellarmine University
NEBRASKA–Montana Sanwick pleads guilty
SOUTH CAROLINA–Nancy Grace complains about bacteria; insults guest
FRANCE–Bodies of 5 newborns found in cellar
…and more!!
***STATES***
ALABAMA
Birmingham News reprinted from the Anniston Star, October 18, 2007
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers
ANNISTON–Commentary on state distribution of SH lit to schools and rise in teen pregnancy in Alabama since 2002. “…we need to do all we can to replicate today what was being done a decade ago. If we can do that, then there will be less need for the pamphlets ands safe havens.”
ILLINOIS
Matoon-Charleston Journal-Gazette, October 17, 2007
Our View: If it’s necessary safe baby drop-off is good option
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2007/10/17/opinion/editorial/doc471543b5e3886811695416.txt
MATOON-CHARLESTON–Editorial guardedly supporting SH. “Yet it seems a sad commentary on the state of today’s society that such safe havens are deemed necessary at all. No matter the parent’s age or circumstances, it is difficult to imagine the need to go to the extreme of throwing away a helpless baby. What these kinds of action say about modern America is frightening. Still, practically, anything that saves an innocent child’s life has to be a good thing….”
Canton Daily Ledger, October 24, 2007
Canton police promote Safe Haven law
http://www.cantondailyledger.com/articles/2007/10/24/news/news02.txt
CANTON–Dawn Geras thanks Canton police chief for placing SH sign on building.
KENTUCKY
WHAS-TV, Louisville, October 24, 2007
Baby found dead in garbage
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/102407whasmjdTopBabyFoundDead.19fcf8b4b.html
LOUISVILLE–Body of newborn found in Anniversary Hall at Bellarmine University. Woman tentatively ID’d as mother taken to hospital. Autopsy pending..
NEBRASKA
Action 3 News, Omaha, October 18, 2007
Mother admits she abandoned newborn son
http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7220809&nav=menu550_2
OMAHA–Update on Montana Sanwick case (BDN v7 #36, 37, 38, 39m 40). Sanwick pleads guilty in juvenile court; baby’s father asks for visitation rights.
SOUTH CAROLINA
WLTX-TV, Columbia, October 18, 2007
Baby found abandoned Tuesday may be up for adoption
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=54738
LEXINGTON COUNTY–Update on Baby Jane case (BDN v7 #42). DSS working to determine if baby will go up for adoption; looking for mother or family members. Police reviewing surveillance video and interviewing people who worked at hospital where baby was left. Picture.
CNN – Nancy Grace Show, October 18, 2007
Autistic hiker found/Newborn abandoned in restroom
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/18/ng.01.html
Nancy Grace features Baby Jane case; complains about bacteria on women’s rooms floors. Interviews various media; tells guest defense attorney Richard Herman, “Butt out, buttinski” when she doesn’t like what he says. Complains to Mike Morrisey about lack of SH signs; Morrisey says there are 200 in Mass.
WIS-TV, Columbia, October 24, 2007
Abandoned baby in Lexington County placed in foster care
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7262224
LEXINGTON COUNTY–Baby released to foster home; investigation continues.
***INTERNATIONAL***
AUSTRALIA
Sydney Telegraph, October 16, 2007
Dead baby found in TAFE toilet block, after a week
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22595862-5005941,00.html
ADELAIDE–Body of near full-term boy found hidden in women’s toilets at TAFE SA hospitality school; probably there for week. Concern for mother. Autopsy pending.
BELGIUM
Expatica, October 23, 2007
Ostend names dead founding
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=45221
OSTEND–Dead infant washed ashore on beach 10 days ago named Wout Xander Aaron after most popular boys names in country. Law does not permit burial without a name.
FRANCE
Brisbane (AUS) Times, October 19, 2007
Five dead newborns found in French cellar
ROUEN–Bodies of 5 newborns found in cellar. Woman 35, admits giving birth to babies between 1999-2006. Also update on Courjault case (BDN #6 #31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43-44; v7 #7) Veronique Courjault reportedly admits to killing 2 babies whose bodies were found in her home in Korea and a third child. Faces life in prison.
INDIA
The Times of India, October 20, 2007
MANSA–2-hours hold baby girl abandoned in September adopted by “Canadian-based” couple . No details.
MALAYSIA
New Straits Times, October 20, 2007
Newborn boy flung from flats
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/20071020092704/Article/index_html
PENANG–Body of newborn boy stuffed into plastic bag flung from high-rise discovered by 1st year medical student. No suspects. Picture.
Malaysia Star, October 21, 2007
Police await DNA test on dead newborn
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/21/nation/19234189&sec=nation
PENANG–Police treating case as murder; waiting for DNA results. No record of birth found in hospitals.
RUSSIA
Russia Today, October 19, 2007
Miraculous escape: baby thrown out of window survives
http://russiatoday.ru/features/news/15745
DOMODEDOVO–Newborn girl survives being thrown out of 1st floor window shortly after birth. Mother Oksana, 26, undergoing psychological examination and treatment. Oksana’s mother, Galina, says daughter was waiting for baby, “It don’t now what made her do it. Maybe she just got scared giving birth on other own in the apartment. It was her first baby It wasn’t like she didn’t want a baby, she had been waiting for it.
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