Marley Greiner
03-16-2004, 04:06 PM
BabySafeHaven" <babysafehaven@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040316181229.10026.00001631@mb-m17.aol.com... <<<Would you drive your car off a cliff if everybody else was? Marley>>> Are you kidding me? The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has already been in
a ditch for a very long time.
And ya'll's the ditchdigger.
Though we did have a US Senator drive a car off a bridge once. Isn't that enough?
Yeah. If he couldl have kept his pants on Chimp Boy wouldn't be president
today.
Good editorial though, huh? Jean
Depends . Does anybody seriously believe that Paluseo would have used a SH?
She couldn't even remember wrapping up the baby. Didn't she jump back
online and email with her friends al night?
Marley Sunday Republican EDITORIAL March 14, 2004 - Springfield, MA Safe-haven legislation lifesaver for newborns It will be two years in MA since Jennifer L. Paluseo placed her newborn son in a black plastic trash bag after giving birth to the baby in the shower
of her dormitory at the University of Massachusetts. Last month, Paluseo appeared in Hampshire County Superior Court to tearfully own up to her crime. Her effort to plead guilty was nearly stalled when she told Judge Judd. J. Carhart she did not remember carrying the
nine-pound, 2-ounce baby - wrapped in a yellow towel and placed in two trash bags -
to the trash room down the hall from her dorm room. Paluseo, who was a freshman when she gave birth to the baby, told
Carhart she remembered "bringing things from the bathroom and placing them in a
bag." After a half-hour of meetings among the lawyers, the judge and Paluseo, the 21-year-old returned to the stand where Carhart questioned her again. "Do you remember what you put in that bag?" he asked. She answered: "A towel, and what was in that towel was a baby." The baby's death was a tragedy - one that will no doubt haunt Paluseo
for many years to come. Unfortunately, it is a tragedy that happens all too often. Since May 2000, 11 infants have been abandoned in Massachusetts. At
least four of those were in Western Massachusetts. Two died, including Paluseo's baby. We're pleased that the Massachusetts House of Representatives is finally poised to do something to encourage scared young mothers such as Paluseo to consider another option. The House on Thursday voted 137-21 to give initial approval to the so-called "safe haven" bill, which would allow parents
to drop their newborns at a hospital or other designated safe sites without fear of prosecution. The bill, which has been filed several times before, has yet to complete the legislative process that would make it law. It must not fail this time. The bill needs one more level of approval in the House before it can be sent to the Senate, which must give its OK by July 31 in order for the bill to become law. Opponents argue that the bill would encourage child abandonment. We
think that's a poor argument. Safe haven laws have been approved in 45 states. The anniversary of Paluseo's baby's death is May 1. We hope the Legislature will act before then.>
news:20040316181229.10026.00001631@mb-m17.aol.com... <<<Would you drive your car off a cliff if everybody else was? Marley>>> Are you kidding me? The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has already been in
a ditch for a very long time.
And ya'll's the ditchdigger.
Though we did have a US Senator drive a car off a bridge once. Isn't that enough?
Yeah. If he couldl have kept his pants on Chimp Boy wouldn't be president
today.
Good editorial though, huh? Jean
Depends . Does anybody seriously believe that Paluseo would have used a SH?
She couldn't even remember wrapping up the baby. Didn't she jump back
online and email with her friends al night?
Marley Sunday Republican EDITORIAL March 14, 2004 - Springfield, MA Safe-haven legislation lifesaver for newborns It will be two years in MA since Jennifer L. Paluseo placed her newborn son in a black plastic trash bag after giving birth to the baby in the shower
of her dormitory at the University of Massachusetts. Last month, Paluseo appeared in Hampshire County Superior Court to tearfully own up to her crime. Her effort to plead guilty was nearly stalled when she told Judge Judd. J. Carhart she did not remember carrying the
nine-pound, 2-ounce baby - wrapped in a yellow towel and placed in two trash bags -
to the trash room down the hall from her dorm room. Paluseo, who was a freshman when she gave birth to the baby, told
Carhart she remembered "bringing things from the bathroom and placing them in a
bag." After a half-hour of meetings among the lawyers, the judge and Paluseo, the 21-year-old returned to the stand where Carhart questioned her again. "Do you remember what you put in that bag?" he asked. She answered: "A towel, and what was in that towel was a baby." The baby's death was a tragedy - one that will no doubt haunt Paluseo
for many years to come. Unfortunately, it is a tragedy that happens all too often. Since May 2000, 11 infants have been abandoned in Massachusetts. At
least four of those were in Western Massachusetts. Two died, including Paluseo's baby. We're pleased that the Massachusetts House of Representatives is finally poised to do something to encourage scared young mothers such as Paluseo to consider another option. The House on Thursday voted 137-21 to give initial approval to the so-called "safe haven" bill, which would allow parents
to drop their newborns at a hospital or other designated safe sites without fear of prosecution. The bill, which has been filed several times before, has yet to complete the legislative process that would make it law. It must not fail this time. The bill needs one more level of approval in the House before it can be sent to the Senate, which must give its OK by July 31 in order for the bill to become law. Opponents argue that the bill would encourage child abandonment. We
think that's a poor argument. Safe haven laws have been approved in 45 states. The anniversary of Paluseo's baby's death is May 1. We hope the Legislature will act before then.>
