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Old 03-02-2008, 01:12 PM
jon1856 jon1856 is offline
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Originally Posted by texas*princess View Post
Geez. Why couldn't the family just take the baby to a fire station themselves? Isn't there a no-questions asked law or something that is out there to prevent people from trying to do harm to the baby (like put it in a dumpster or something?)
Yes there is but IIRC the baby was now to old for the law.
http://www.safeplacefornewborns.com/statefiles/ny.html
http://www.brooklynda.org/baby_safe_...safe_haven.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/ny...=1&oref=slogin
Safe-Haven Laws Fail to End Discarding of Babies

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