[freehunter]

Or adoption. Or I mean... it's not like people don't still abandon their babies if they really want to.

[philwelch]

You can even avoid legal consequences by abandoning them at a fire station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law

[emodendroket]

Yes, but in the Roman world they left them at trash dumps and if they didn't simply die of exposure they were free for anyone to take as slaves. So I think we're still doing a bit better.

[emodendroket]

So... you're saying that society provides a more humane option so that we no longer leave children to die of exposure. Unlike in the past.