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In other states, laws that allow parents to leave their children at hospitals or fire stations are usually limited to newborns of a few weeks or months. In Nebraska, the law failed to define the word child. As a result, teenagers as old as 17 have been abandoned...
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www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859405,00.html
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Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning one's child outside of legal adoption. An abandoned child is called a foundling. Child abandonment is a criminal offense under state laws, which vary by state. ... the number of children left at the location;
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definitions.uslegal.com/c/child-abandonment/
definitions.uslegal.com/c/child-abandonment/
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Child abandonment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting it. Causes include many social and cultural factors...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abandonment
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Although it restates many time- honored UN themes about children, the new CRC would also arguably alter a number of American laws affecting families and children.
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www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9508/articles/hafen.html
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Do you think abandoning children should be legal, and if so, up to what age? I would like to know the pros and cons and the repercussions to society of such laws, and then I could form a more educated opinion. My gut instinct is that parents should be allowed to abandon children up to age 12 to prevent child abuse.
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www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/should-abandoning-chi...
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/should-abandoning-children-be-legal
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Although it restates many time-honored UN themes about children, the new CRC would also arguably alter a number of American laws affecting families and children. That the U.S. is not yet among the adopting nations is a curious fact, since Americans took the lead in developing the CRC's unique provisions for child autonomy.
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www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/001-abandoning-chil...
www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/001-abandoning-children-to-their-rights-18
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Such laws permit mothers to leave an infant at a facility with no fear of prosecution. Nationwide, more than 2,000 babies have been turned over since Texas enacted the first such law in 1999, according to the National Safe Haven Alliance in Virginia. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Abandoning Children:
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obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/10/abandoni...
obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/10/abandoning-chil.html
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So the final entry of the bill did NOT change the "safe haven" law to include children up to the age of 16 nor did it include babysitters. The statute regarding abandoning children of any age is still in place. Parents can still be prosecuted for dumping ... Like we learned in high school, the legislature makes the laws,
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www.parentdish.com/2008/08/24/abandoning-your-children-...
www.parentdish.com/2008/08/24/abandoning-your-children-now-legal-in-nebraska/
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Social Security was designed to protect children as well as seniors, and it does a good job. Bush's silence on the issue of children and privatization has the potential to do great harm. ... Far more children benefit from Social Security than from the nation's primary cash welfare program, Temporary Assistance for...
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www.alternet.org/story/21607/
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