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Edward64
11-13-2008, 08:40 PM
I know we are missing some context as laws probably do not allow the news to dig deeper and report on individual cases, but I am incredibly sympathetic to the parents and children.

Its one thing to give a baby up for adoption, its another to actually abandon your teenage kid. There must have been desperate reasons but can you imagine whats going through the minds of the kids?

I don't really know what to think.

Neb. parents rush kids to 'safe havens' - Life (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27706078/)

To the state's surprise and embarrassment, more than half of the 31 children legally abandoned under the safe-haven law since it took effect in mid-July have been teenagers.
Young Drachma
11-13-2008, 08:42 PM
The law has been changed to only include kids who are 3 days old or less.
Edward64
11-13-2008, 08:45 PM
The law has been changed to only include kids who are 3 days old or less.

Legislators convening tomorrow (Fri). Don't know when it will actually pass though.

The number of drop-offs has almost tripled to about three a week since Gov. Dave Heineman announced on Oct. 29 that lawmakers would rewrite the law.

With legislators set to convene on Friday, weary parents like the Lincoln mother have been racing to drop off their children while they still can.
Klinglerware
11-14-2008, 01:51 PM
Every other state in the nation has this sort of law on the books, all with an age limit attached.

It does sound kind of curious that they could have overlooked that sort of thing.
Atocep
11-14-2008, 01:59 PM
Every other state in the nation has this sort of law on the books, all with an age limit attached.

It does sound kind of curious that they could have overlooked that sort of thing.

It wasn't that it was overlooked, from what I've read. They couldn't decide on an age when they were writing the law and when it was pointed out that "child" could open up the door to teenagers being dropped off they didn't think parents would even consider doing such a thing.
path12
11-14-2008, 02:24 PM
It wasn't that it was overlooked, from what I've read. They couldn't decide on an age when they were writing the law and when it was pointed out that "child" could open up the door to teenagers being dropped off they didn't think parents would even consider doing such a thing.

They apparently had never raised a teenager.