Baby Moses Law

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Rokas Jasiulevičius 2012.10.26 Synthesis Rokas Jasiulevičius Outline 1 1. Introduction. There are legal and not life-threatening ways to refuse growing children. Why the law calls Baby Moses? Statistic . 2.The principle of functioning of Baby Moses law is very similar everywhere. How do the safe havens work? 3.The legislation has many different provisions. Umbilical clamps, age of child, legitimacy of abandonment. 4.There is still some vagueness in Baby Moses law project. Abandonment and adoption discords, other difficulties each new state entering this project faces. 5.Conclusion. Even though there isn't enough of statistic, officials are tend to pass this law. Rokas…show more content…
An informal survey of major newspapers conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found 105 reports of babies abandoned in public places in 1998, of whom 33 were found dead ( Grossman). Although the leader of children abandonment in garbage cans, parking lots and other unsafe places is Texas, legislators in 35 states have passed so-called Baby Moses laws. "The idea of this law is that it discourages mothers from taking this drastic action in the first place," said Dan Nelson, press secretary for Brulte (qtd. in Sussman). The principle of functioning of Baby Moses law is very similar everywhere. Mothers (and, depending on the state law, sometimes fathers or other individuals too) can leave babies at a safe haven without disclosing their own identity (Grossman). Safe heaven is a specially designed place in a hospital or other ambulance station and people who receive a baby are ready to provide a medical care for him. Finally, the state's child welfare system tries to find a new home for the baby. Supporters hope desperate mothers will choose such alternatives, rather than leaving their infants in trash bins to die…show more content…
Introduction. Story of abandoned children, experts oppinion. Parents refusal growing their infant shouldn't be approached as a crime if they voluntarily bring him to the hospital. 2. Raising a child is a very serious commitment. Teenage mother story. 3. The easiest way to remove problems is establishing safe heavens. How do they work, why they would help, some people oppose. 4.Conclusion. Verdict to Kissimmee mother, children abandonment should be legalized to avoid such tragedies. Rokas Jasiulevičius Baby Benjamin, named by nurses, was found in a black garbage bag next to a trash bin at the Carlton Arms apartments near Egypt Lake (Oppel). Recently abandonment of children is a felony in most states and Benjamin's story clearly shows a crime. "The only common thread is that these people appear to be desperate and totally ignorant of what could be done for their babies," said Michael Kharfen, spokesman for the Administration for Children and Families (qtd. in Sussman). But parents refusal growing their infant shouldn't be approached as a crime if they voluntarily bring him to the
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