"Amos Moses was a Cajun".

Name him after the cat that found him ... Stinky

See Thru Gloss, Sirlafalot, Littlechanges, CommonSense...Really? These first comments on this story are so childrish and cruel. If you wonder how a parent can leave their child in this manner, qoogle "Jovoni Ochoa", he is only one of many, MANY babies and children that live a tortured life, until...their little bodies give it up. For Jovoni it was far too late. Because this parent did the right thing as best as he/she could, this child will have a chance.

If the insane "personhood" proposal (where a fertilized egg will be declared a human being and abortion will be considered murder) takes hold in this nation, these types of situations will be more commonplace. Fortunately, cooler heads are prevailing and it will never happen. I hope these people run out of money before they annoy us to death.

dnon46: The posters you mention rarely have anything marginally worthwhile to contribute. There is a "block this author" option on this forum which is really handy.

The sadness of these articles always brings out the heartless that feels the need to post their stupidly.

I fail to understand what goes so wrong in peoples’ lives that they able do this. There are fire departments and hospitals that are set up for those unable to care for the life that they created. There is no prosecution when done respectfully under these conditions.

May this irresponsible life giver not be given back this child she disposed of, as is so often the case. The courts need to be more responsible than the life giver was. If they can do this after delivery, which is to say down the road, when they are caught and sorry, will they be any better a parent?

May this precious baby be given a home where love and respect resides.

Renee, it was probably because a MINOR GIRL got pregnant but couldn't get an abortion without her parents consent and I'm going to guess she was afraid to tell them. That is just one scenario as to the cause of this. There could be others. One thing is for sure - as Mozzie said, we're going to see a lot more of this kind of thing if Republicans get their wish to ban abortion.

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It is sad but true. Either this or people would find other ways to rid the baby while pregnant. Banning abortion would cause a lot more problems and people just do not realize it.

Corsicana is a small, relatively poor town. No other towns nearby. An hour and a half to Waco or Dallas. Could it be possible that, even if this girl/woman knew about the Baby Moses Law, she was afraid that certainly someone would recognize her if she dropped the newborn off at the hospital or fire station. If she was young, it would have been too difficult to get to Dallas.

We don't know what happened, and probably never will; just hope the baby will have a good life. Besides more publicity for the BM Law, how 'bout some sex education at home/school so this wouldn't happen in the first place? Oh, silly me. It's TEXAS! where the men who run things don't want ANY women to have access to birth control or abortion (which wouldn't be needed if there was education and easy access to birth control). So, all you folks on here bitchin' about how horrible this girl/woman is, why don't you turn your hate-filled energy into something positive and help stop this from happening again.

It's TEXAS! where the men who run things don't want ANY women to have access to birth control or abortion (which wouldn't be needed if there was education and easy access to birth control).

This kind of thing happens in NY all the time and there is PLENTY OF ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL. So save your liberal crap for someone who thinks that its always the fault of "no access".

This baby could very easily have been abandoned by a teenage runaway. We don't have all the facts.

Having said that, the facts we *do* have point to the obvious: a baby was left to die in the cold. Regardless of your age or situation, there is no excuse--nor should there be any sympathy--for that barbaric act.

I don't deny there may have been heartrending situations leading up to this, but I'm not about to blame "society" when a specific person is (or specific people are) responsible for a reprehensible act of attempted murder.

Regardless what side of the birth-control or abortion debate you stand on, stories like this can't be an acceptable solution to anyone.

Exactly Shartorius! Why is everyone saying the debate over abortion or birth control has anything to do with this baby being left to die? Why have we become a society of excuses instead of taking responsibility for our actions? Whomever gave birth to this child knew the consequences when they decided to have sex. If you do not wish to take on the responsibility of a child then keep your pants on!! I hate hearing people say 18 and 19 years old are to young to realize. We need to quit making excuses for the selfish acts these people do. And abortion should not be considered a form of birth control. Only in an extreme situation should that ever be considered.

So far, the posters have been all over the place on their stance on abortion/birth control, but all, regardless of where they fall, have condemned the mother; but not one, nonce, zilch, nada, ad infintum, have anyone, even one, said ONE WORD of condemnation toward the father. Although circumstances may have differed, chances are excellent that SHE felt desparate and HE felt GONE. Even if he didn't know, WHY DIDN'T HE KNOW??? If the law, in fact, lets him off the hook, Why don't we change the law? <<<>>> BTW, I have been asking this same question in forums like this one and similar to this one FOR DECADES. I have received virtually NO answer. No one defends the father~~~they just don't hold him responsible, leaving the mother to hold the baby, literally and figuatively!!!

Maybe the message should be on bill boards and posted on buses and in schools, with the promise that the police will not look for the mother. I don't know if my state has a Baby Moses law or not--and I'm beyond my childbearing years.

What people are THINKING? Now you want a miracle!

I'm just wondering if the "mother" (more like bio-donor) knew the Browns and that they would take of the baby? Although the hiway being close could be just be the first opportunity.

Everyone is correct - this was not the perfect way for her to handle the situation. Still, I always prefer to think the best of people, and in the big picture, this baby wasn't thrown into a dumpster and wasn't aborted dangerously in a back alley somewhere. The mother could have and should have made a better choice for sure, but she also didn't make the worst possible choices either.

Also, she did place the baby on someone's doorstep, so it does seem like she hoped someone would find the baby. I guess it is also possible (in theory) that she placed the baby on the doorstep and watched for a few minutes from a hidden location to make sure, and that she maybe would have retrieved the baby if it hadn't been found. I realize that all might be a stretch of the imagination, but I always want to think the best of people. :)

Certainly she still could have made WAY better choices than she did.

She might have been thinking "I can't raise that rapist's baby" or "I can't raise my father's/brother's/uncle's baby" or "I can't take care of myself, how am I supposed to raise a baby?" or "I was kicked out of the house at 15 and resorted to drugs and prostitution; maybe this baby will have a better chance with someone else." You really don't know. and I agree that the Moses law needs to be much better advertised.

And maybe she is poor, alone and illiterate and had no idea of the Moses Law. And maybe she left the baby where she did because she thought there was a good chance someone would rescue it.

Glad the baby is safe, and hope the mother finds her way through life.

I thought it was nationwide that you could take infants and even young children to any ER, Firestation, Police Station...etc..without any questions asked. Hand them over and walk away. These people need to be slapped. I don't care if she knew about it or not...you don't do that to a child!

And a teen or what have you...doesn't matter...the VERY least she could have done was put the baby on the porch, beat on the door and run...not sneak it there and split....I hope they find her and nail her ass. I don't care how old she is.

heavenandearth - ..there are also plenty of couples who would give their right arm to have this baby

That would be ideal, but not if the baby is not in one of the desirable categories: (i.e. not addicted to drugs, congenitally deformed, HIV positive, etc.) Those kids just get shuttled from foster home to foster home until they are emancipated out of the system. The rest of their lives are pretty miserable. I hope for the best for this one.

An adult woman, sure. A frightened girl? They're not always that rational.

An adult woman, sure. A frightened girl? They're not always that rational.

Frightened people are never rational, regardless or age.

Still, this woman should be charged with something, she just left him out in the cold in a bag.

That's ****** up.

There is NO excuse for any women of child bearing age any person to abandon a baby under any circumstances.

Easy for you and I to say, drano. We have no idea what circumstances were for the mother.

Some Guy, as should the father.

As should the father?! Are you seriously that ignorant? Most likely, the father didn't even know the girl/woman was pregnant, let alone that she left the baby on someones doorstep!

I am a woman, and I believe in holding fathers just as responsible as the mother when it comes to pregnancy and raising a child, but so many times a mother doesn't tell the "baby daddy" that she is even pregnant, so how in the world are they supposed to take responsibility when they don't even know they have a child on the way?

littlechanges <<< ~~~~~ >>> FINALLY !!!

Onlysane1left <<<~~~~~>>> Male bovine fecal matter! Just as SHE should realize the possible consequences, SO SHOULD HE. And, And, And we should change the law to make him so so. Goose and gander, y'know!

It could be that the mother died giving birth, and this was the boyfriend, dropping off his kid that he couldn't afford financially or emotionally.

I highly doubt that. However, maybe the birth mother thought that the baby would be found on a doorstep... not the smartest move...

Zapper, I'm so glad you brought this up because I feel like here in California it doesn't get advertised enough, which I imagine is the case in many states. There has to be a better way to get the word out to people. And I also think that many who do know about the "safe havens" don't believe that they won't be arrested/prosecuted/punished in some way. Who knows what the solution is, but thankful for small blessings. I am happy to hear that this little one is safe and doing well.

None of us can judge or pretend we know what the mother was going thru and to give the benefit of doubt she may not have known about the law, depending on how old she is.

If she walked into the hospital and just handed one of the staff her baby, we wouldn't be in a position to judge her.

She left her baby in a bag, outside, in the cold. Fear or not, she needs to be jailed and pregnant women/teenagers need to be educated on the Moses law.

I'm sorry.....regardless of the persons circumstance who abandoned this baby there is ABSOLUTELY NO justification for anyone to abandon a helpless human being at any time or anywhere. Where the hell has all of our humanity, morality and ethical behavior gone?

Well, drano, things like this have been happening forever. It didn't just start recently. Unfortunately, whatever reason brought her to do this it is part of humanity. Humanity has lights, but has shadows as well. I'm not saying it was okay, but just pointing out that it has been happening since people started having babies.

mothers send there babies to die every day it's called a war and as for adoption they all want little white healthy babies no one wants a black baby with hiv or missing an arm or leg so try giving out free birth control and stop the breeding factories or do you get your pets at a puppy mill??????????

THank God the baby was found in time. If anyone had ever been at a time and place in life where they had no resource and no one to turn to he/she might think compassionately. This mother might not have had the money to get to the nearest drop off point, and therefore chose this couple, for her baby Moses. She at least made the effort to wrap him in many layers, as inadequate as they may sound.

If anyone is going to leave a baby on my doorstep, please have the good sense to ring my doorbell and run away. That way I would be sure to check. It would be too horrible for me to wake up in the morning and find a dead baby on my door step.

Everyone wants healthy, white babies. Where did you get this info, did you ask everyone?

Tommy what an ignoramus you must be. What are you trying to ramble on about? Comparing an abandoned child with puppy mill breeding, and what does war have to do with any of it.

There's enough people and resources that even if you have a non white no limb AIDS baby, you still take them too the proper place.

I don't blame the mother either. What she did might have been the best that she could do. If she didn't want the baby to survive, she could have done much worse. She tried to make sure the baby survived and for that I thank her.

, teaching sex ed and providing free birth control

It was in Texas, you know the state that tried to take critical thinking OUT of the public school curriculum.

"Baby Moses" or "Safe Haven" laws guarantee anonymity to anyone dropping off an infant under a certain age. There are forms that can be filled out by the parent if they want to, but they are not required. (Things like medical background, birthdate, etc.) Here in PA, the age is 30 days, but some states allow the child to be older. But no, they don't investigate, track down the video, etc. That is the whole reason for the law. So they can just leave the baby in safety and disappear.

Hey um, yeah. Long time no see! ;o) Are you suggesting that the man of the house was having relations with the mother of the baby and the child could be his? What on earth would give you that idea? Are you just sceptical of all men in general? I only ask because that seems to be a common theme in some of your posts.

Your evidence that the Man of that house had anything to do with this? It is very possible that the mother just picked a house at random and dopped the little guy off.

So since you find something strange you make up a whole scenario about it? We have no idea, and how about we let authorities handle it?

That should have started with your parents. Tommy can you here me!

bubba do you get your pets at a puppy mill ??????/

I own cats. Tommy can you feel me!

I agree that Mr. Romney isn't a good choice for this country or for women's choices, but all you keep writing is just ranting. I mean I agree with the ideas to a point...we need access to birth control and choices over our bodies and reproductive lives, but really...yelling that is a bit much. Breeding isn't the problem and if you think about what you are saying you would know that.

Really?? You really think Romney is going to ban birth control? I live in Florida and there is plenty of access to birth control. It's called the local health department. Romney has nothing to do with it and never will. Thinking there will be no accesses to birth control is ridiculous. He simply thinks that I shouldn't have to pay for you opening your legs any time you want to.

Amanda,

If Romney's in office and takes away people or companies helping to pay for birth control, birth control's price will then skyrocket and no one will be able to afford it...which means more unwanted pregnancies and all that other stuff Tommy was listing. I wish people (men and women) would be more smart about sex but unfortunately that won't happen. So then, more unwanted pregnancies will happen and we will end up paying more in the long run because of more welfare checks and more children needing education, ect.

Justiceforall: I don't know how you would go about inquiring about this, but I would start by contacting the child protective services in Corsicana, TX:

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

800 N Main St # B Corsicana, TX 75110
(903) 872-3901

Good Luck!!

Summer: Thank you for the information, I'll keep you posted.

Justiceforall: You're welcome, and, yes, please keep me posted. Best of luck :)

And you were next to her and told her as she gave birth? Yes, she may have given birth at home. We just don't know what happened and making things up doesn't change that.

Oh, but that's still what god intended, remember? I thought that same thing. Maybe this was a product of rape and she was pro life, or couldn't afford an abortion. Maybe she was in danger. She should have left the baby at a safe haven, yes. I'm truly just happy the littly guy survived and hope he is placed in a wonderful home.

What is there to suggest that there was a rape?

What is there to suggest that there was a rape?

About as much information as there is to suggest she wasn't raped - zero. We don't know who the mother is, we don't know her situation. Given she left the baby on a door step, all we do know is she must have been pretty desparate. Why she was desparate, we don't know. People guessing she was raped are just trying to wrap their minds around what could possibly make someone desparate enough to do something like leave a baby on a door step. It's human nature to speculate about something they don't have full information on or that they don't understand.

My mom's grandpa was a door-step baby. He was left on a door step in the middle of winter many, many years ago (it was the early 1900s). We all speculate, to this day, what could've made his birth parents leave him on the door-step of the people that ended up raising him. We are all, obviously, glad he was left on the steps of a family that cared for him (back in that time, there wasn't really a child protective service).