国内２例目の「内密出産」　県外女性が４月に―熊本・慈恵病院

　妊婦が病院だけに身元を明かして出産する「内密出産」を導入している熊本市の慈恵病院は１１日、記者会見を開き、県外在住の成人女性が制度を利用して出産したと発表した。昨年１２月に続き国内２例目となる。
　同病院によると、女性は今年４月に仮名で出産し、マイナンバーカードと健康保険証のコピーを残して退院した。女性は内密出産を希望し、赤ちゃんは現在、同病院で保護されているという。蓮田健院長は会見で「厳しいようだがご自身では育てられないと思う」と話し、女性が特別養子縁組を検討していると明かした。（2022/05/11-12:29）

A woman has given birth to a baby anonymously in the second case of so-called confidential birth in Japan, Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture said Wednesday.
   The woman from outside the southwestern Japan prefecture delivered the baby last month using the hospital's confidential birth system, which allows women to disclose their identity only to hospital staff in giving birth.
   The woman, who has already left the hospital, wished to use the confidential birth system, according to the hospital in the city of Kumamoto, the capital of the prefecture. She left copies of her My Number social security identification card and health insurance card at the hospital. The baby is now under the care of the hospital. The mother is considering putting up the baby for adoption.
   "It might be a harsh thing to say, but she will unlikely be able to raise the baby by herself," hospital chief Takeshi Hasuda told a press conference.
   In December 2019, Jikei Hospital announced the introduction of the confidential birth system to help prevent women from giving birth alone at home or other places. Children born under the arrangement will gain the right to know details about their birth in the future.