A desperate mother placed her newborn in a baby saver box and walked away, leaving behind a letter as a silent alarm alerted carers that a child had been safely relinquished.
I love you my child, I am really broken but I cannot give you the life that you deserve. I plead for your forgiveness. I chose not to abort and you really fought your way to be here, and God will turn your life story into a testimony. You will be the subject of my daily prayer that God will shower you with so much love. I may not physically be a part of your life, but I will be a part, in other ways. I love you my child, reads part of the message left for the baby boy, who has since been adopted.
This scenario formed part of a three-day hearing before a full bench in the Pretoria high court last week in a landmark case that could shape the future of safe baby relinquishment in South Africa. Judgment was reserved.
