FL - Dead baby found on University of Tampa campus - April 29, 2024

[Clearsky]

Newborn baby found dead in garbage bin on University of Tampa campus, mother hospitalized: TPD

Police found a dead baby wrapped in a towel and discarded in a garbage bin near a dorm at the University of Tampa on Sunday night.

www.fox13news.com

TAMPA, Fla. - A baby was found dead on campus at the University of Tampa late Sunday night, according to police.

 

[roche.analisa]

Wondering if baby is a newborn, and if stillborn or born alive. Poor baby.

 

[sds71]

TPD has since located the mother of the child and taken her to a nearby hospital.


"The loss of a child is always a tragedy," said Chief Lee Bercaw. "As our department actively investigates this incident, we want all expectant mothers to know there are resources available."

Newborn baby found dead in garbage bin on University of Tampa campus, mother hospitalized: TPD

Police found a dead baby wrapped in a towel and discarded in a garbage bin near a dorm at the University of Tampa on Sunday night.

www.fox13news.com

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Another person who chose a garbage bin... We should be shocked, yet we are not.

 

[PromotedPawn]

Another one? I'm not surprised. We will be seeing more of this in the coming months/ years unfortunately. MOO. Hope mom is okay and baby didn't suffer.

 

[LadyL]

Another one? I'm not surprised. We will be seeing more of this in the coming months/ years unfortunately. MOO. Hope mom is okay and baby didn't suffer.

why would we be seeing more in the coming months/years?

 

[realanastasia]

why would we be seeing more in the coming months/years?

Not the OP, but I would venture a guess that it’s because Florida, like a number of other states, has severely restricted access to abortion?

 

[mickey2942]

I guess that they should have more "baby boxes" on University campuses. Especially in Florida.

 

[LadyL]

Not the OP, but I would venture a guess that it’s because Florida, like a number of other states, has severely restricted access to abortion?

ooooh
very sad

 

[PromotedPawn]

why would we be seeing more in the coming months/years?

Abortion rights in this state have been extremely restricted in this state. It's down to 6 weeks now. It's my fear that more babies will end up in dumpsters as access becomes limited. We definitely need more baby boxes. MOO

 

[ConcernedVA]

I have no sympathy for monsters who throw babies in the trash. She could have handed that child off to anyone and asked for help. No one in her life would have even had to know.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I have no sympathy for monsters who throw babies in the trash. She could have handed that child off to anyone and asked for help. No one in her life would have even had to know.

I agree. So many other choices. Look up the nearest baby box or at least leave the baby inside a hospital or, as a very last resort, a public area on campus where the baby will be quickly found. But not a trash can.

 

[mickey2942]

I have no sympathy for monsters who throw babies in the trash. She could have handed that child off to anyone and asked for help. No one in her life would have even had to know.

I have always felt that this is a mental health issue, not necessarily criminal. Yes, it is "criminal" to throw a baby in the trash. But there has to be some sort of mental health problem as well.

Denial? Fear? I don't know. It would be interesting to figure out what these women have in common. If anything.

 

[DS2021]

why would we be seeing more in the coming months/years?

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247990353/florida-6-week-abortion-ban-south

TAMPA, Fla. — Starting today, people can no longer access legal abortions in Florida beyond six weeks of pregnancy, except in rare circumstances.

The restriction replaces a 15-week ban that's been in effect since July 2022, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Florida has essentially enacted a complete ban on abortions. Im unsure if theres any exceptions for health issues

Edit

Abortion now illegal after 6 weeks in Florida, with few exceptions. Here's what that means

For years the last state in the South that permitted abortion beyond 12 weeks, Florida's more restrictive 6-week ban went into effect Wednesday.

www.tallahassee.com

Abortions are permitted in the case of rape, incest or human trafficking but only up to 15 weeks, and only if the pregnant person has copies of "a restraining order, police report, medical record, or other court order or documentation" to provide evidence that they are a victim of rape or incest

Edit 2.
This article includes a few more "exceptions"

Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

Doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care.

apnews.com

The new ban has an exception for saving a woman’s life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest, but Roberts said health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly — such as when the fetus is missing organs or implanted outside the uterus — until it actually becomes deadly.

“We’re being told that we have to wait until the mother is septic to be able to intervene,” Roberts said

 

[DS2021]

Dbm

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

I have always felt that this is a mental health issue, not necessarily criminal. Yes, it is "criminal" to throw a baby in the trash. But there has to be some sort of mental health problem as well.

BBM
I was thinking the exact same thing about the politicians at fault.

 

[housewife]

I have no sympathy for monsters who throw babies in the trash. She could have handed that child off to anyone and asked for help. No one in her life would have even had to know.

She couldn't hand the child to just anyone. It has to be at a staffed hospital, staffed EMS/Fire station.

REMEMBER, It is the Law-the baby MUST be given to a staff member at a Safe Haven facility

The closest hospital is 15 minutes away by bus (one every hour), or 24 minutes on foot.
The closest fire station is about the same distance.

edit: For more info on neonaticide

Experts: Mothers who kill newborns fit sad, familiar pattern

To most people, killing your newborn child is an incomprehensible crime. The act, known as neonaticide when it’s committed within an infant’s first 24 hours of life, is often initially …

www.chicagotribune.com