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Germany has been gripped by soul-searching over a series of grisly cases of mothers murdering their babies at a time when the state is pushing legislation to encourage people to have more children.

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HMMace3 months, 1 week ago

JUST WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS==MORE, AND MORE BABYS...I KNOW--SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE SOLDIERS..AND A BIGGER ARMY..
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  DropkickaLib3 months, 1 week ago
  
  Actually, Western European countries have been experiencing an alarming fall in birthrates. If we were talking about China or India it would be different, Western Europe isn't overpopulated and unable to feed its population, or even maintain it. That's a key reason why so many workers from Islamic countries have relocated there, changing the ethnicity of the population.
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    nostalgia3 months, 1 week ago
    
    The BBC looked at the declining birth rates in Europe in 2006
    "Demographic decline causes anxiety because it is thought to go hand-in-hand with economic decline.
    With fewer, younger workers to pay the health and pension bills of an elderly population, states face an unprecedented fiscal burden.
    The dependency ratio of those aged 65 and over to those of working age looks set to double from one-to-four to one-to-two in 2050."
    It;s a major threat to all of their social programs
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    slate3 months, 1 week ago
    
    Hey Drop? Is there any way I can block Mace more than once on this site?
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mackiemesser3 months, 1 week ago

Utterly sad. That 'baby hatch' idea should be used throughout the country and publicized extensively so that more of these otherwise doomed babies could be given a chance for a life.
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  DropkickaLib3 months, 1 week ago
  
  Kinda takes the wind out of the sails of the pro-abortion crowd.
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    memestryker3 months, 1 week ago
    
    In the U.S., we've long had a situation where parents can drop babies off at hospitals and other locations.
    This has nothing to do with abortion or the reasons women choose them. In fact, if abortion wasn't so taboo to talk about, we might see fewer unwanted babies born.
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      DropkickaLib3 months ago
      
      Wrong. It's murder. Western Europe needs more, not fewer European babies. You're part of the problem and the mindset that devalues the lives of infants.
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jumpmaster3 months, 1 week ago

Ah, the enlightened Europeans.
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tkyrchncs3 months, 1 week ago

Infanticide in modern America or western Europe is incomprehensible to me. These mothers must suffer from some form or other of dementia. There is always an alternative.
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memestryker3 months, 1 week ago

People who do this are generally desperate. And desperate people frequently don't tell anyone, because we are rewarded for showing we can hold it all together, so we pretend we have everything handled at work and with our extended families. That can breed some pretty nasty hidden behaviors.
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Natalie11833 months, 1 week ago

Could it be possible that postpartum depression plays a role in these cases?
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