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Families Clamor to Adopt Abandoned Newborn

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 ...

Family of nine abandoned in Nebraska

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 ...

When the Safe Haven law gets used

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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