Single mothers are resorting to more desperate ways to hide their pregnancies. Last week, a newborn was dropped from the third floor of an apartment complex in the Malaysian capital and died. Two days later, a foetus胎兒 was left under a stairwell樓梯間 at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Then, further east in the conservative state of Terengganu, a baby girl was found in front of a mosque清真寺 with her umbilical cord臍帶 still attached, suggesting that she was abandoned放棄 shortly after birth.
Hundreds of Muslim babies have been left this way in recent years. Social workers believe it is driven by the shame of having a child out of wedlock婚姻 and abortion墮胎 is limited to women facing health risks.
To help these women, OrphanCare opened the country's first baby hatch孵化 two years ago, which allows mothers to drop off their child anonymously. But some say the only way to stop unwanted意外 pregnancies is to teach prevention, rather than just abstinence禁慾 in schools. It's unlikely to change anytime soon. Sex is still considered a taboo topic in this Muslim-majority country, leaving young girls who find themselves pregnant feeling they have no choice but to leave their child any way they can.
Hundreds of Muslim babies have been left this way in recent years. Social workers believe it is driven by the shame of having a child out of wedlock婚姻 and abortion墮胎 is limited to women facing health risks.
To help these women, OrphanCare opened the country's first baby hatch孵化 two years ago, which allows mothers to drop off their child anonymously. But some say the only way to stop unwanted意外 pregnancies is to teach prevention, rather than just abstinence禁慾 in schools. It's unlikely to change anytime soon. Sex is still considered a taboo topic in this Muslim-majority country, leaving young girls who find themselves pregnant feeling they have no choice but to leave their child any way they can.
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