Dumping Babies

By Admin

Date → Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Tags → 1st Precept , Dumping babies , Sex

Sukihotu,

It sadden me when I hear that more than 300 human foetuses were hidden in a Buddhist temple in Bangkok. I think the stress and pressure of the city life in Bangkok have made people to resort to abortion and dumping unborn babies.

Here is the story from BBC.

Police in Thailand have found the remains of more than 300 human foetuses hidden in a Buddhist temple in the capital, Bangkok.

The police say they suspect the foetuses came from illegal abortion clinics.

News reports say a member of the temple staff confessed to being hired by several clinics to dispose of remains.

Abortion is illegal in Thailand, except when the pregnancy affects the mother's health or is the result of rape.

Police chief Sumeth Ruangswasdi said they had been called to investigate a strong smell in the temple, and discovered a total of 348 foetuses in plastic bags, AP reports.

He said he believed that the foetuses must have been collected from abortion clinics and disposed of at different times because they were different colours and conditions.

The corpses were wrapped in plastic bags and newspaper and found in a mortuary storage area.

The police were reported to be questioning the temple's mortician.

Buddhist temples in Thailand not only perform cremation ceremonies, but also store bodies in specially refrigerated areas.

I hope people will be more careful when engaging in sex. A few minutes of pleasure can cause a lot of misery to others. I think dumping babies and foetuses is amounting to murder. This is breaking the 1st precept.

May I take this opportunity to send merits to the departed unborn babies. May they get a good rebirth.

Mettacittena

Bugs Tan

20th Jan 2011