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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Child Left in Car After Crash
To switch things up a bit, today’s article does not pertain to Safe Haven Laws exactly, but it does deal with child abandonment. A man named Lynn Dexter Bailey Jr. was arrested for leaving his toddler at the scene of a crash. Police were called to an area in Chesterfield, VA to investigate a suspicious […]
Paternal Rights in Safe Haven Laws
This is a new and interesting story. A mother, angry with her husband, decided to take her 1 and 2 year old children to a nearby fire station and dropped them off. The husband and father was notified and he came to get them the same day, but this raises some issues. If a mother […]
Students Walk for Safe Haven Laws
Cheers for the students of Brien McMahon High School! They walked 14 miles across Connecticut to raise awareness for the state’s Safe Haven Laws. They handed out fliers all along the way with information on the laws. We need more people like this who are willing to give up just a few hours to help […]
Adoptive Mother Speaks Out about Child Abandonment
In today’s article an adoptive mother weighs in on the recent child abandonment in Kimberly. The mother, Janet Kirsling, adopted an infant who had been left at a hospital under the Safe Haven Laws. She wishes the mom involved in the Kimberly case had realized how easy of a process it could have been to […]
Infant Abandoned in Hospital Trash Can
I cannot decide if the article I just read makes me more sad or more angry. A teenage girl abandoned her child in the bathroom trash bin of a hospital. As of the last update, the baby was on life support due to low oxygen, low blood pressure, and brain damage. Her justification for this […]
