Pakistan: Death of Unwanted Babies on the Rise

This article is about the Karachi-based Edhi Foundation, which provides burials for dead and abandoned babies.  The rise of infant death is on the rise because women who get pregnant out or wedlock abandoned their child, or have to kill it for religious purposes.  The babies are mostly girls or sick.  The foundation has even tried to provide places for mothers to drop off their unwanted babies alive so that the Foundation can find a home for them.  The interesting thing about Pakistan is that abortion is technically legal but the stigma that goes along with the act is too much for most people and most doctors will not perform them.  Here is the link to the article:

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/03/14/8873

Kelly Thompson