Ministry to run cinema ad for unmarried mothers
“Get help at shelter homes for your baby and you. We are here to help,” the video says.Women, Family and Community Development Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail previously said there had been 1,010 reported cases of baby dumping from 2010 to May 2019, of which 64 percent of the babies had died when they were found.Top reasons for abandoning infants include out-of-wedlock pregnancies, a lack of information on what to do with the babies and a lack of support for the new mothers.
“This is why underage pregnant mothers must see the doctor frequently to get adequate care. Sadly, they will usually not come to the doctor if their parents do not know about their pregnancy,” she said. The professor further opined that marriage was one way to help underaged pregnant mothers or those who had children out-of-wedlock.
“The won’t be left alone or exposed to the need to either abort, give away, sell or dump their babies,” she said. According to the National Registration Department, 4,992 babies were born to underaged mothers in 2017.
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