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A Baby in a Dumpster — Nothing New About That!

On January 7, 2022, a newborn baby was found still alive in a dumpster behind a shopping center in Hobbs, New Mexico.  The baby was wrapped in a dirty towel and was inside two plastic bags with trash.  The newborn baby boy (although it’s not clear if the baby had yet self-identified as a male) had been thrown in the dumpster six hours earlier by his mother, with his umbilical cord still attached.  Three individuals went to the dumpster that Friday evening looking for items of value and heard the newborn crying.

This event in a small town in New Mexico on a random Friday evening has captured national attention.  WHY?  Why does our nation care about a little baby being found in a dumpster? 

Think about these “interesting” details of the story: (1) the people who found the baby are being praised as “good Samaritans” who “saved the baby’s life”; (2) the 911 dispatcher eagerly wanted to ensure the baby boy was still alive and breathing; (3) police rushed the baby to a hospital; (4) the baby was airlifted to a different hospital in Lubbock, Texas; and (5) the mother has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse.  Think about those five things.

Why do I say these are “interesting” details?  If only the mother had aborted the baby just 24 hours earlier, (1) no one would have found the baby alive, (2) no 911 dispatcher would have been involved, (3) the police would not have been notified, (4) a hospital staff would not have cared, and (5) the mother would not be charged with murder and child abuse.  What a difference 24 hours made!       

Here’s the harsh reality:  Babies, by the thousands, were thrown in dumpsters every day for years, wrapped in plastic bags.  And no one seemed to care.  Currently, the abortion clinics may grind the bodies or incinerate them.  And, again, no one seems to care.  So, WHY care now?  What difference does 24 hours make? 

Amazingly, there still seems to be a conscience in this country (or faint resemblance of one).  Here’s the obvious reality that no one seems to want to admit: A baby is JUST AS MUCH AS BABY AND ALIVE inside the womb as outside the womb!  The Bible says that a “baby leaped in her womb” in Luke 1:41, and then “a baby [was] wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger” outside the womb in Luke 2:12.  IT’S SAME WORD!  God “knitted together” every baby in the “mother’s womb,” when the baby “was being made in secret” by Him (Psa. 139:13-16).  Is there any blood more “innocent” (that ought to be protected!) than the blood of an unborn BABY (NOT fetus) safely nestled inside a mother’s womb (Prov. 6:16-17)?

Life is precious!  May we never forget it!