Abandoned Babies and the Abortion Issue

Upon reading the article about abandoned babies in United States hospitals, I felt outraged and disgusted. Is our great society going the way of the third world? I just can't understand the lack of responsibility by the mothers of these unwanted babies. Fred A. Rheney, Smyrna, Ga.

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