exposing a newborn meant leaving it out somewhere to die
And so almost all so exposed (both boy and girl) end up as prostitutes.
(This implies that somebody comes and picks the kid up after the parent leaves him/her out to die)
3 posted on 04/07/2013 5:55:53 PM PDT by markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)