The government of Russia: draft law on baby boxes needs improvement – BBC Russian

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Image caption Baby the box usually looks like a normal window from the street. Opening the window, one sees a crib, bassinet, which put the child

In the Russian government believe that the bill to ban the baby boxes, offered by Senator Elena Mizulina and Deputy Oleg Mikheev, requires revision.

In the Cabinet of Ministers consider sanctions proposed to be applied for establishing baby-boxes of medical facilities, too hard, and the wording of the law is too broad.

a review of the government made in June, the bill posted on its website. As it says, the wording of the bill “allows for broad interpretation of the objective side of the projected administrative offense, that can lead to inconsistent enforcement, including judicial practice.”

in addition, according to the Cabinet of Ministers, the proposed penalty for hospitals with baby-boxes in the amount of from 1 to 5 million rubles (16 to 80 thousand dollars) “is comparable to the size of the wage Fund maternity hospitals average power from one to three months.”

moreover, the shutdown of health facilities in conflict with the law, which propose to introduce the authors of the bill, can cause unrelated to the offense people will lose the opportunity to get treatment.

In late September, Mizulina said that the government approved its bill.

the Baby box usually looks like a normal window from the street. Opening the window, one sees a crib-cradle, in which lay the child. After that, the door closes, the “window of life” is automatically blocked, making it impossible to open it again.

Near the baby boxes do not install cameras and put guards to preserve the anonymity of the biological parents of the child. Physicians about the appearance of the child in a baby box alert flashing lamp or audible alarm.

In Russia the baby boxes exist in Moscow, Vladimir, Leningrad and Kursk regions, and also in Perm, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories.