Safe Haven Law Being Used to Abandon Older Children, not Babies for Adoption
The governor of Nebraska has called the state legislature back to a special session to deal with unintended repercussions of Nebraska’s Safe Haven law, which took effect this past summer. The consequence of the law that legislators probably never intended is the abandonment of older children and teenagers by their parents. Thirty-four of the 35 children abandoned under the law have been over the age of five. All 50 U.S. states now have some form of safe haven law, sometimes called a “Baby Moses law“, allowing a baby to be left at a hospital, police or fire station, or similar … Continue reading