Support for Caylee’s Law
Today I would like to talk about Caylee’s Law. I know the subject has been talked about for months, but I do want to stress the importance of this law. While it came about in a horrible, tragic way, it will hopefully save lives in the long run. This proposed law, brought on by the […]
An Informed Decision is a Good Decision
I enjoyed this article. It is exactly the sort of information we report here at One By One Safe Haven and it is always nice to hear someone else who shares our passion on this issue. One point in particular that I like is when she brings up the “Just Say No” slogan. She points […]
Easy Ways to Spread Safe Haven Law Details!
Again, another short article (click here), but it reminds me of a bigger picture. This was just a short mention of the case I covered not long ago about the baby killed with a cinderblock. It was reported on a local news website. I wish this was done more often. If just once a week […]
Is the Term “Abandonment” Appropriate for Safe Haven?
This is a very short article, but it reminds me of something I have been thinking about for a while. The word “abandonment” has awful connotations. I think it might help the Safe Haven cause if dropping off a child at an approved location were legally changed to a different term. “Abandoning” a baby makes […]
Amanda Mathe Abandons Autistic 10-year-old
A mother dropped her son off at a hospital in Florida. Sounds great, right? Wrong. The boy was 10. Amanda Mathe dropped her autistic son of while maintaining custody of her two other children. As you know, a 10-year-old is not covered under any Safe Haven Laws in the United States. The mother is going […]
Child Endangerment Laws in Illinois
This is a fantastic article that lays out the details of child endangerment laws in Illinois. I wish everyone in the state of Illinois would read this. Keep in mind that the laws are not nationwide so there may be some vast differences, but they should give everyone a fairly good idea what to expect in […]
Casey Anthony Makes Some Question Age Limits in Safe Haven Laws
In the wake of the Casey Anthony case many people are questioning the age limits that are stipulated in Safe Haven Laws. What do you think? Should all children be accepted at Safe Haven locations? Keep in mind what happened in my own home state of Nebraska when all minors were accepted. Many parents dropped […]
Infant Abandoned Outdoors at a Trailer Park
Another baby was abandoned in an unsafe, outdoor location. The mother Sara J. Clauson, 26, has been charged with reckless endangerment for the incident. She gave birth and then left the child on a neighbor’s lawn in the trailer park where she lived. The baby was alone for 6 hours before she was discovered. I […]
Does the Prevalence of Infanticide Signify a Problem with Society?
This article does not deal with a specific scenario involving infanticide, but speaks about the problem in general and why it is so persistent. One quote really stands out to me and is the today’s topic: Infanticides “…are the tragic outcome of specific situations, but they are also evidence of pervasive problems in society – […]
Help Us Stop Infanticide
This is a fantastic article. It again, concerns the poor baby who was killed by a cinderblock, but it also gives a more far-reaching perspective on Safe Haven Laws. The author points out that although fairly few children have been saved by Safe Haven Laws, many more children have died since their inception. This is […]