Neb. gov. calls special session on safe-haven law

[SoCalNative]

OMAHA, Neb. – Nebraska's governor is calling a special session of the legislature to fix the state's unique safe-haven law, which allows parents to abandon children as old as 18.

Gov. Dave Heineman said in a statement released before a news conference that the session would begin Nov. 14.

Heineman said legislation will be introduced which has already been agreed to by most of the state's 49 lawmakers. It would amend the law so it applies only to infants up to 3 days old.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_re_us/safe_haven;_ylt=Aquhdbh49T273y0ZSpfrkT6s0NUE

[Captiosus]

1. Good. This is one of those things where someone thought it sounded good on paper...

Until someone - or in this case two someones, in very high profile/high media coverage fashion - actually use the law.

Then the people who favored it were probably left scratching their heads on how they ever allowed it to pass.

[shraby]

2. Infants up to 3 days old is not old enough!

Children up to at least 5 yrs. would not be out of line in my opinion. They have to be old enough to be safe from post-natal depression.