Japan's 2nd "baby hatch" opens in Tokyo

A welfare corporation opened Japan's second "baby hatch" at a Tokyo hospital on Monday for accepting babies in cases of unwanted pregnancies to prevent parents from abandoning them in unsafe conditions or killing them.San-ikukai Social Welfare Inc. also launched on the same day a "confidential birth" system at San-ikukai Hospital in Sumida Ward, in the country's second case, to allow women to give birth without revealing their identities other than to the hospital."Working with the public administration, we will be the last line of defense for the protection of babies' lives," said managing…READ FULL ARTICLE