Baby Dumping Case Study

INTRODUCTION

Baby dumping means that the acts of throw away the babies at any places without take care the baby, based on statistics this case increases to 135 from 2008 to 2009, mostly involved are teenagers. An average of 100 babies are dumped nationwide in Malaysia every year more than half of them were found dead according to the police statistics.

Baby dumping is social crisis and has chronic increase as many cases are occurring in Malaysian society and based on the current issue, it is clear that rampant sexual behavior in the community, especially among teenagers. About the case of a dead, abandoned baby in the news but even more shocked when the case kept on coming. To highlight what he called “a manifestations of social illness

THESIS STATEMENT

This paper will discuss about the issue based on community and governments perspectives. There two perspectives will be critiqued and writer’s stance highlighted

COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE CAUSE

Awareness towards consequences of free sex (Dr. Ismail Thamby,2010 p.67) influence by pornographic materials on the internet, as well as they lack of religious knowledge. Some limit their sexual activities to those that have less risk and some use condoms and contraception. (gorges guile & nyovani janet, 2007 p.68) not much teenagers know about what motivates young people to initiate first sex, to have multiples sexual partners or to use protection such as condoms in free sex. Religious Belief as Muslim, we must avoid involving with issues of the free sex, dumping babies, drinking alcohol, drug addiction, rape, violation, abuse of children, domestic violence, and other community problems, in Islam , act of free sex is prohibited. One of the fundamental moralities of Islam is the meaning of behavior. This problem is clearly contrary to the values in Islam in particular and the universal norms of humanity in generals. (coalman & Testa ,2007) respondents made consistent reference to religion when exploring a range of sexual attitudes, including those of abortion, sexual intercourse before marriage, teenage pregnancy and sexually

This problem should be addressed and resolved to carry out these steps effectively before the situation worsens and threatens the future of the country. Accept and acknowledge a few facts and body of evidence regarding what method works is behind every baby being dumped is an unplanned pregnancy. Sexual activity among the young and adolescent will occur increasingly as they transition through the different age groups to adulthood. The public, parents, teachers, NGO’s, and citizens must take ownership of the problems and push for real change rather than leaving it all the government or authorities and we need to implement age appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in all schools nationwide without further delay. CSE includes imparting critical knowledge about human reproduction and pregnancy prevention method and by (Jordan MacVay,2017) the role of religious authorities that the moral approach has failed and don’t doubt that the religious authorities are well-intentioned, honest and sincere. But what we need here is not good intentions or honestly. All in all, parents and schools must play their roles in fighting baby dumping cases by imposing enough sex education for their children and always beware on their children 's