{"id":56448,"date":"2016-09-13T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/56448\/the-plight-of-the-unwanted-babies\/"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:46:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:46:28","slug":"the-plight-of-the-unwanted-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/13\/the-plight-of-the-unwanted-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"(Warning Graphic Content) – The plight of the unwanted babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three of them found in a mere six days…<\/a><\/p>\n

Resident Chantel Jacobs, mother of one, cannot get the plight of Middelburg\u2019s unwanted babies out of her head. She has hit the streets in her own personal time to seek a solution to the problem of third trimester abortions, and concealed births.<\/p>\n

Chantel is in the process of registering her membership with the babysafe.org, an online campaign aimed at preventing baby dumping, intervention with abandoned babies, support to pregnant women and girls in crisis, and the empowerment of indigent mothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came from Bloemfontein where I was involved with numerous welfare projects, including the treatment of terminally ill cancer patients over weekends, I feel it is my Christian duty to offer help where it is needed,\u201d Chantel told www.mobserver.co.za.<\/p>\n