The motivation wasn’t to protect anyone. It was to control the population. Unwed mothers were seen as the lowest class of society, and were thrown out of society. Why? Religion. Religious assholes today still look down on unwed mothers. So they were sent to the edge of town, put on a work farm/factory and hidden from public view.

When it was time to give birth, they didn’t use hospitals. They used their fictional god to protect them. Which resulted in the deaths of many of the women and children. Which were then discarded in the garbage. Because their religion regarded them as garbage. Much as they still do today.

Yeah, religion is mental illness. Look at the assholes here defending it. They’re fucking bonkers.