Posted on 10/13/2008 10:09:34 AM PDT by Morgana
A second child from out of state has been abandoned at an Omaha hospital under the state's controversial Safe Haven law. The 13-year-old boy from Michigan was left at Creighton University Medical Center Monday.
Todd Landry, director of the Division of Children and Family Services for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed the incident. "We now have our second case where a child from another state has been left at a Nebraska hospital," Landry said. "We have made a formal report of the abandonment to the Michigan Department of Human Services."
Landry said the department is working with Michigan officials and the Douglas County Attorney's office to resolve this situation as quickly as possible. The Department has also been in contact with the boy's family since the child was dropped off.
This is the 10th instance of use of LB 157 and the 18th child left at a hospital under the law since September 13. The Safe Haven law went into effect in July.
Nebraska was the last state to enact such a law. In most other states safe haven laws are intended to protect newborns, but State Senators allowed Nebraska's law to apply to children as old as 19-years-old.
Some state senators have been calling for a special session of the Nebraska Legislature to fix the problem, but as of Monday there had been no decision.
Nebraska’s “No Child Left Behind” policy seems to be working, just as the legislature intended. Sad.
I’d rather have these kids dropped off than killed. Maybe the State the kids are from can be billed... raise my taxes for this one...
My heart goes out to these older children. With that said, I’d rather they were dropped off than killed.
How could anyone be against this? Leave the law as it is. It may be saving lives.
I’d rather pay for kids to be put in orphanages than to live in abusive households and grow up to be abusers themselves. Children are killed by their parents or the live in boyfriends of their mothers every day of the week in this country. I’m tired of shedding tears reading these stories.
When my kids reach driving age I will warn them that this is where they are going if they get ONE speeding ticket...
What parent, when their child was 13, didn’t think about getting rid of the brat . . . for a minute. This stupid law gives parents a way to escape their responsibility. Stinks to High Heaven.
I raised 2 boys by myself, from age 5 & 9, with my parents helping me the first year. There was never a bad day. We loved each other a lot. I kept them home from school a few times because I was off work and wanted special time with them. They are now 48 & 53 with degree's. They know what a joy they have been to me. I could never imagine leaving them for a day with strangers. I pray for the children left behind and I feel they are better off without parents that doesn't want them. I just wonder how you can part with a precious child.
A THIRTEEN year old! Words fail me...with the amount of public and faith-based aid out there, this is inexcusable.
Colonel, USAFR
There are jewels waiting in your crown, Dalton. Bless you and your boys.
Colonel, USAFR
“I just wonder how you can part with a precious child.”
I have an adopted daughter. Your kids were lucky; kids adopted into loving homes are blessed.
I am just horrified that the state made a legal way for irresponsible parents to dump their kids and get away scott free.
Although I would (of course) much rather see these children dropped off then murdered by their parents, I still cannot fathom what that 13 year old must be feeling.
I have a 13 year old daughter, and she’s a real pip at times (show me a 13 year old girl who isn’t), but I just cannot ever imagine a situation where I’d leave her behind.
Very, very sad situation.
Only thing I can figure is that they are in extreme poverty or extreme stress, or both. Either way things at home are bad. Usually when kids are at this age they become “throw aways” and live on the street with run away children. I am glad his parent did this. The child is safe now.
That's why God made teenagers. We'd never kick them out when they were grown otherwise.
Dems have farmed kids out to too many families who take then in for the money and other unsavory things. And don't do well by them. We've all read horror stories in the MSM. ( And yes, I know there are also saints who take these children in...)
Our most innocent and helpless should be protected - they can raise my taxes for this one...
Thank you
SO so so sad:(
” kids adopted into loving homes are blessed.”
Good for you. I wonder why parents don’t try to give their children to a loving home when they don’t want them.
I think we need some strict laws for irresponsible parents. Make them think twice before they bring an unwanted child into the world.
I think you will enjoy this:
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
By Greg Gutfeld
FNC
While all of us have been mired in this financial mess, we’ve forgotten it’s back to school time — with many offspring leaving home for college.
Now, I don’t have kids. But that shouldn’t stop me from giving advice. If anything, being childless allows me the time to contemplate how to raise them.
And so, I’ve crafted this “Letter to the College Freshman, From Mom and Dad:”
Dear Muffy,
We wish you luck. We’re so proud of you, and know you’ll do great.
But if you come home claiming meat is murder, while sporting a nose ring and some Asian tattoo stamped on the crack of your ass — you can’t come in. If you want to make a statement by mutilating the body God gave you — then go the whole nine: Cut off your face and join a carnival. At least that’s a career move with strong profit potential.
If, while away, you’ve decided that America is at fault for everything, then you will sleep in the backyard and crap in a hole you dug yourself. After all, your professors admire Third World countries, so why not live like you’re in one?
We do hope college “opens” your mind, but if you announce that terrorism is just the powerless speaking to the powerful, then we will beat the crap out of you. But we won’t behead you. We’ll leave that to the powerless.
If you also tell us that capitalism is corrupt and socialism is supreme, then hand over your cell phone and your credit cards. Practice what you preach and reject these trappings of an evil market system. We also want your bong. What can we say? We’ve earned it.
Also, if you must lecture your father on evil corporations, remember that he toiled at one for years so he could afford your tuition, while paying thousands into useless government programs that your teachers embrace. If, after that, you’re still moaning, you will do it naked. Because we will take the clothes off your back and kick you out on your ass. See how life works when everything we worked so hard for disappears?
Finally, if you really think you’re an individual — that is, a person who leads instead of follows — then you should easily resist the indoctrination of your delusional professors, misguided dormies and anyone with purple hair.
But if you come home and suddenly you’re “edgy” and “angry” — claiming that the BS you picked up on campus is better than the common sense we taught you — then you’ll need to find new parents.
Don’t worry, we’ll still love you. We just can’t stand you.
Greg Gutfeld hosts “Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld” weekdays at 3 a.m. ET. Send your comments to: redeye@foxnews.com
I agree. I was a child in foster care and I wish I had lived in an orphanage. I had five foster homes by the time I was 2. Security would have been with others like me in a group home.
My best friend lived in an orphanage when she was young. It was the happiest time of her childhood. She spoke of the security of having so many kids around her - she would have understood what you went through. She died a few years ago - a loving grandmother and a kind soul.
But that was 40+ plus years ago. This (sadly) is a new world where others tell children how to run the home. There was a time when stress from raising teenagers nearly killed me.
I take care of my grandchildren now. And I have never retired. My grandchildren are 6 & 8, and I have one 30 years.
They are so much fun, but I will admit sometimes I am glad to see my son come to pick them up.:):):)
I agree.
My heart goes out to this boy--at his age, he certainly understands what is happening to him. If it has taken him out of an abusive situation, though, then my prayer is that this is his shot at a better life.
Heck, if nothing else, he's gotten out of Michigan.
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