The Swiss are installing more highly controversial “baby hatches” for safe abandonment

Jenny Anderson - Quartz

“Is providing a dedicated place to drop off unwanted newborns A) a barbaric throwback to the medieval “foundling wheel” common outside of churches and convents or B) a progressive way to save the lives of infants who would otherwise be abandoned in more dangerous places?” asks this article from Quartz. According to the article, Switzerland has opened its eighth “baby window,” a location where people can anonymously drop-off newborns, at a hospital in the city of Sion. The article explores the controversy of baby windows, or baby hatches, in Switzerland and worldwide.