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Don’t abandon your children Posted on November 21, 2008 by Rusty Lindquist Today Nebraska lawmakers voted (43-5) to change the state safe-haven law.  All 50 states have these safe-haven laws, allowing parents to leave infants at a hospital anonymously without fear of prosecution.  They were passed in an effort to prevent unwanted babies from being abandoned in less safe locations.

Safe haven laws are good ideas—and I support the concept. Sometimes though, even a good idea can go horribly wrong. Perhaps you have never heard the concept of “safe haven laws”. These are laws passed by states in the United States to prevent the abandonment of infants.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** From the Governor’s website, Gov. Heineman Signs Safe Haven Update into Law LB 1 goes into effect at 12:01am Saturday morning.

(photo: Capitol.org) “The Sower” by Lee Lawrie, the massive statuary that sits atop the Nebraska Capitol This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag.

The Associated PressThis identified Nebraska mom left her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital under the state's safe haven law after a spate of her daughter's bad behavior. The mom says she hoped her daughter would get help. Nebraska has amended...

Parents overwhelmed with their children, not only because of financial pressures, but often because they have NO support for children with emotional problems, found Nebraska's "safe-haven" law the only answer. Nebraska changed its law to allow only babies up to 30 days to be covered.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** Final vote on LB 1 (the dump law/safe haven law) Y-43 (kids up through big kids dumps) - N-5 (little kids dumps), 1 ab.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** Please see these two action alerts on what can still be done about the Nebraska dump law, there is still time to demand nothing short of a full repeal/age it down to Zero! Bastard Nation Action Alert- URGENT: REPEAL NEBRASKA LB 157.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** Please see these two action alerts on what can still be done about the Nebraska dump law, there is still time to demand nothing short of a full repeal/age it down to Zero! Bastard Nation Action Alert- URGENT: REPEAL NEBRASKA LB 157.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** Please see these two action alerts on what can still be done about the Nebraska dump law, there is still time to demand nothing short of a full repeal/age it down to Zero! Bastard Nation Action Alert- URGENT: REPEAL NEBRASKA LB 157.