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Families Clamor to Adopt Abandoned Newborn

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 25th 2009 10:00AM

A baby left at a Grand Forks, N.D. fire station is inspiring families from as far away as Minnesota to call and email the local newspaper, offering to adopt the little girl. A firefighter working outside the station shoveling snow found the girl ...
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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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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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