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Family of nine abandoned in Nebraska

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 25th 2008 6:00PM

A family of nine children, ranging in age from one to seventeen, was left at a Nebraska hospital on Wednesday, thanks in part to the state's unique safe haven law. Generally, such laws are intended to protect newborn infants from being killed or left ...
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Abandoning your children now legal in Nebraska

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 24th 2008 5:00PM

Every state in the U.S. now has what is called a "safe haven" law. Intended to prevent unwanted babies from being abandoned just any old place, the law allows desperate parents to leave their babies at hospitals with no questions asked. Until ...
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When the Safe Haven law gets used

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 26th 2008 4:56PM

Every state in the union now has a safe haven law, allowing a parent to leave a baby with specified people or organizations instead of abandoning or injuring the child. I think this is a good thing -- if someone finds themselves with a baby they are ...
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Turns out, it isn't legal to leave baby at McDonalds

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Dec 11th 2006 11:01AM

When it comes legally abandoning your baby, there are places that you should and shouldn't consider. Should? Fire department. Shouldn't? McDonald's. But that's exactly what a North Carolina woman did. The woman, who is 27, was arrested and charged ...
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Safe Haven laws eventually lead to adoptions

by Michael Sciannamea, Posted Nov 16th 2006 6:00PM

Every now and again we see and hear some horrible story about an abandoned infant found in a garbage dump or some other place where they are basically left to die. We eventually find out that the birthmother and/or birthfather could not care for the ...
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