Another e-mail:

I understand your point, but I see these Baby Moses laws as the last resort
of a society up against a wall to save babies. You may recall that Judge
Edith Jones cited these laws as one of the reasons Roe v. Wade’s factual
assumptions about the burdens of pregnancy and an unwanted child are no
longer valid.
I agree that adoption-education should be the preferred course, but I cannot
fault a state for having both.