Article: Europe's first `baby bank' set to open opens

LIKE EMPTY bottles being dropped into a recycling bank, unwanted infants will be posted through a flap to land in Europe's first baby bank under a new scheme in Hamburg.

The newborns will be pushed through an infant-sized chute at a day care centre in the city. They will fall into a warm, cushioned bed and will be looked after by care workers.

In the event the parents do not re-think their decision during a two month cooling off period, the babies will be put up for adoption or fostering.

Operation Foundling, to be launched in three weeks, has been denounced as the throwaway ...

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