There probably never can be changes that will ensure that noone ever has a baby that feel they cannot care for. No matter how readily available abortion might become, there are always going to be women who will never choose that solution. I am sure that is so, and I hope it is.

Of course there should be more in the way of help and support for women in that situation but even if it was the best saftety net in tye world, some people would fall through various reasons.

When a mother finds herself with a baby in hert arms she feels she cannot care for, it ought to be possible for her to hand the baby directly over to someone who can care for her or him, without feeling she is going to be put under pressure that she cabnot handle,.

A lot could be done to get rid of some of the things that make leaving that baby on a doorstep seem a better option for some mothers in that situation - but I'm pretty sure that there will always be some mothers who for a variety will not be able to go through with that kind of hand over. The "baby bank" idea is an imperfect option here, for an imperfect world, but better than the alternatives.

And I wish that there could be more people like spaw around to help hold the baby and pick up the pieces, and that the people who shape the laws and organise the systems could listen to them.