BabySafeHaven
03-11-2004, 05:16 PM
MASSACHUSETTS
http://www.masslive.com/newsflash/mass/index.ssf?/base/news-8/107904264414
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Massachusetts News
`Safe haven' bill passes in House
The Associated Press
3/11/2004, 4:59 p.m. ET
BOSTON (AP) -- Parents of newborns would be allowed to abandon their babies at
hospitals, police departments and fire stations without fear of legal
repercussions under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives on
Thursday.
The children, who must be 7 days old or younger, would be placed in custody of
the Department of Social Services.
The bill now goes to the state Senate for consideration.
Forty-five other states have adopted so-called safe haven laws.
A similar bill, which would have allowed children to be dropped off for 30 days
after birth, won initial approval from the House in 2002, but ran into
opposition in the Senate from lawmakers who feared it would legalize
abandonment and deprive children of their family and medical history.
http://www.masslive.com/newsflash/mass/index.ssf?/base/news-8/107904264414
9870.xml
Massachusetts News
`Safe haven' bill passes in House
The Associated Press
3/11/2004, 4:59 p.m. ET
BOSTON (AP) -- Parents of newborns would be allowed to abandon their babies at
hospitals, police departments and fire stations without fear of legal
repercussions under a bill approved by the state House of Representatives on
Thursday.
The children, who must be 7 days old or younger, would be placed in custody of
the Department of Social Services.
The bill now goes to the state Senate for consideration.
Forty-five other states have adopted so-called safe haven laws.
A similar bill, which would have allowed children to be dropped off for 30 days
after birth, won initial approval from the House in 2002, but ran into
opposition in the Senate from lawmakers who feared it would legalize
abandonment and deprive children of their family and medical history.
