Just to let you know Swansea is a town that lies right next to Fall River, home
of Lizzie Borden.
Jean
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Massachusetts
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Swansea to vote on baby havens

DEBORAH ALLARD-BERNARDI , Herald News Staff Reporter 03/14/2004

SWANSEA -- Residents will vote on creating a baby safe haven bylaw and
appropriating money to build a new cemetery at a Special Town Meeting Monday.

The baby safe haven home rule petition would give parents of an unwanted infant
up to seven days old to safely leave the baby at a police or fire station
without prosecution.

Authorized employees at these facilities would make an effort to obtain
information about the child while adhering to confidentiality regulations.

The state recently postponed the discussion of a safe baby safe have bill that
would have created a statewide law. Several other cities and towns in the state
are voting on similar home rule petitions this year, 14 have already approved
the measure.

Opponents of the article say a baby safe haven law will save infants’ lives
and reduce the instances of parents unsafely abandoning their babies in trash
receptacles or public places.

Voting in favor of the article will allow the Board of Selectmen to ask the
Legislature to enact the special act.

Police Chief George Arruda said at an earlier date that he was against the
creation of a home rule petition to create a baby safe haven law and that the
Police Department does not have the means to deal with abandoned newborns.

Arruda said he would be in favor of a statewide law that would offer cities and
towns necessary funding to deal with such occurrences.

I had a small behind the scenes role in the world premiere performance piece
Fall River Follies. I've got a picture of Lizzie as well as the bodies on
my refrigerator. If the show is ever revived, I highly recommend it.

Marley

"BabySafeHaven" <babysafehaven@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040314073914.10197.00001395@mb-m03.aol.com... Just to let you know Swansea is a town that lies right next to Fall River,
home of Lizzie Borden. Jean ===================== Massachusetts http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11119900&BRD=1710&PAG=461&dept_i d=99784&rfi=6 Swansea to vote on baby havens DEBORAH ALLARD-BERNARDI , Herald News Staff Reporter 03/14/2004 SWANSEA -- Residents will vote on creating a baby safe haven bylaw and appropriating money to build a new cemetery at a Special Town Meeting
Monday. The baby safe haven home rule petition would give parents of an unwanted
infant up to seven days old to safely leave the baby at a police or fire station without prosecution. Authorized employees at these facilities would make an effort to obtain information about the child while adhering to confidentiality regulations. The state recently postponed the discussion of a safe baby safe have bill
that would have created a statewide law. Several other cities and towns in the
state are voting on similar home rule petitions this year, 14 have already
approved the measure. Opponents of the article say a baby safe haven law will save infants'
lives and reduce the instances of parents unsafely abandoning their babies in
trash receptacles or public places. Voting in favor of the article will allow the Board of Selectmen to ask
the Legislature to enact the special act. Police Chief George Arruda said at an earlier date that he was against the creation of a home rule petition to create a baby safe haven law and that
the Police Department does not have the means to deal with abandoned newborns. Arruda said he would be in favor of a statewide law that would offer
cities and towns necessary funding to deal with such occurrences.