Infanticide in Germany

The article elicits emotions of horror and sadness.

In Germany, so far this year at least 23 cases of infanticide have come to light, well above the average. Many of the babies were beaten to death or strangled by their mothers before being dumped on wasteland and in dustbins.

Experts believe that the true figure is even higher. Professor Helmut Kury, a criminologist, says: “Some women have a greater fear of losing their partners than of losing their child. They take desperate measures to save a relationship.” Professor Mechthild Neises, head of the Psychosomatic Unit at the Medical University in Hanover, agreed: “Such women have usually lied about their pregnancy for so long that they have stopped believing that they are actually pregnant. When the baby suddenly arrives, they panic and just want to get rid of it.”

Unconscionable. Read the entire article.