>>Ignorant politicians and the law of unintended consequences strike again.
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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5987140&page=1>>
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>>Since the law went into effect in July, 17 children, ages 1 to 17, have been dropped off at hospitals and police stations by parents or guardians who said they could no longer take care of them. None of the children was in immediate danger, according to the Nebraska governor's office.
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>>Though every state has a safe haven law, which allows parents to leave their infants with government agencies without fear of prosecution, Nebraska is the only state that allows parents to give up any "child" under 18.
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>>Gary Staton left nine of his 10 children, ages 1 to 17, at a hospital last month. Staton told Omaha TV station KETV that after his wife died early last year and he lost his job, "I didn't think I could do it alone. I fell apart. I couldn't take care of them."
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>>"I was able to get the kids to a safe place before they were homeless," he said. "I hope they know I love them. I hope their future is better without me around them."
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>We have a similar law here. I think the North Carolina’s Safe Haven Law (Infant Abandonment) restricts it to infants 7 days old or less.
You are correct about the 7 days :
http://www.safesurrender.net/I wouldn't call that similar to Nebraska's cluster f**k of a law.
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