Children are gift from God

  Children are gift from God. They are not to be considered an accident. They have the rights to live so stop treating them like junks.

  The crimes against these innocent lives are tremendously increasing. From cases of abortion, abuse, molest, rape, abduction and now baby dumping.

  What’s going on? Why are people becoming monsters that are predating on young vulnerable lives? Is there any protection for these kids? If there is, is it enough?

  I consider these monsters including those who are dumping the babies are cold-blooded evildoers and selfish. They are full of lust, greed and no fear of God.

  I can’t imagine how people including mothers daringly throw away their new born or some even fearlessly kill these infants before dumping them or try flushing them through toilet holes. It’s disgusting.

  The famous Ten Commandments’ first commandment is “Do not kill”. The word “kill” in this instance specifically refers to “murder” which is a premeditated and deliberate act of taking someone's life. Most religion and law are against murder. What do we call these unlawful acts against infants?

  As a former journalist, I have witnessed baby dumping cases in the 90’s. It has been a heart breaking moment to see helpless little dead babies with earthworms and insects all over their bodies at dumpsites. Some even lay dead with wound marks and others have become food for animals.

  I remember interviewing relevant government officers, police department, politicians and Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) to compile statistics for my article and ways to curb the problem.

  Most of them want stern action to be taken against the culprits and said that government should take drastic action to overcome the menace.

  For so long we have been voicing out against these inhuman behaviors but the problem goes on. Statistics shows that there are so many baby dumping cases yet the ‘black sheep’ escapes the law. Where is justice?

  Now is the time to act! Stop the blame game and let’s work together to curb these growing problem. Increase crime prevention efforts, bring to book those evildoers, table relevant laws to protect the children, conduct more awareness programmes and at the same time help unwed pregnant mothers by providing temporary shelter plus counseling.

  Promote abstinence from sex before marriage and sex education programmes in schools, colleges, universities and learning centres. Incorporate it into the syllabus and do it immediately to help overcome wedlock pregnancies that lead to abortion, baby dumping and single parenthood. 

  Above all, love one another because true love protects, it does not have any evil intensions and it does not harm. Whatever we do, let us do it in love.

Kumarathevan Balakrishnan