Baby Hatch Deaths Spark Germany Debate 30 Jan 07

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In Germany a controversial method of saving abandoned babies is facing new scrutiny. Mothers there can leave newborns in so-called baby hatches, with 31 left there in one city in the past six years. But now two infants have been found dead and some asking if the hatches are any use. Berlin has four baby hatches around the city.
Tim Friend reports from the German capital on the debate surrounding them.

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