Boy is 36th dropped off under Neb. safe-haven law
California 14-year-old is last teen abandoned under Nebraska's safe-haven law
Nov 22, 2008
(LINCOLN, Neb.) Nebraska officials say a 14-year-old California boy has become the last child reported abandoned under the state's safe-haven law before it was changed to limit such drop-offs to infants no more than 30 days old.
Nebraska officials say the boy from California's Yolo County was driven to Nebraska's Kimball County Hospital on Friday by his mother.
Authorities say the boy has been placed in a foster home while state officials contact the appropriate agencies in California.
That brings to 36 the number of children left at Nebraska hospitals since the state's law went on the books in July.
That law did not specify an age limit for drop-offs, but lawmakers changed the statute Friday and it took effect Saturday.
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Posted By: christopherkidwell1 @ 11/15/2008 4:08:02 AM
Comment: sieg6529, a 'breeding permit' won't do *** and is a bad idea. Why? It would discriminate against the poor, who have JUST AS MUCH RIGHT AS THE RICH to have children. No, the bigger problem in our society is that there is no economic justice anymore: the rich keep on bleeding the poor and middle class dry, get richer, while those two segments of our population get poor.
Simply time for EXTREMELY HIGH taxes on those making over 10 million a year of 90%, unless they actually SPEND THEIR MONEY and I don't mean by buying stock, which is NEVER seen in the pocket of the regular citizen, that money
Posted By: christopherkidwell1 @ 11/15/2008 4:05:39 AM
Comment: There isn't any 'fixing' to be done here. The law was working AS IT WAS INTENDED. If anything, this Nebraska law should be a MODEL for the rest of the country. These people were NOT just dropping off their older children willy-nilly.... they had hit a bad spot in their lives and honestly COULD NOT support their children anymore.
And most people..... too proud to take public assistance. I know I damn well am, I would rather DIE than take public assistance.
Posted By: bitterblogger @ 11/14/2008 5:50:54 PM
Comment: What is the cost to the taxpayer, let alone the human cost, of child abuse? Much, much more than taking care of three dozen children, some of whom will be adopted and others who will be adults in short order. All states should undertake to do what Nebraska has done--the law doesn't need "fixing".