Infanticide Rates Are Dropping in Africa, yet Child Abandonment Continues

Seventeen years ago, Ruth Mulongo had an affair with a young man from her village in Bungoma County, western Kenya. The 18-year-old became pregnant and nine months later delivered a baby girl at home during the night with her mother’s help. The baby looked weak, with one leg shorter than the other, so Mulongo’s mother Read more... The post Infanticide Rates Are Dropping in Africa, yet Child Abandonment Continues appeared first on Christianity Today.