Wiltenburg, Mary,
Safe Haven. Mary Wiltenburg. - Christian Science Monitor, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 18, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Safe Haven, July 24, 2003; pp. 14-15.
"Wherever their thin cries go up, they make ghoulish headlines. Already this summer, newborns have been abandoned at a Washington, D.C., construction site and on a Pennsylvania roadside. Some have been found dead, others nearly so. Every state has its horror stories. As of this month [July 2003], most states have new laws designed to prevent such tragedies." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses "safe haven" laws, which allow "mothers to legally abandon newborns at hospitals and other designated places," and examines their effectiveness.
1522-3213;
Abandoned children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Infants--Crimes against
Infants (Newborn)
Pregnancy--Unwanted
AC1.S5
050
Safe Haven. Mary Wiltenburg. - Christian Science Monitor, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 18, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Safe Haven, July 24, 2003; pp. 14-15.
"Wherever their thin cries go up, they make ghoulish headlines. Already this summer, newborns have been abandoned at a Washington, D.C., construction site and on a Pennsylvania roadside. Some have been found dead, others nearly so. Every state has its horror stories. As of this month [July 2003], most states have new laws designed to prevent such tragedies." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses "safe haven" laws, which allow "mothers to legally abandon newborns at hospitals and other designated places," and examines their effectiveness.
1522-3213;
Abandoned children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Infants--Crimes against
Infants (Newborn)
Pregnancy--Unwanted
AC1.S5
050