You’re right, of course, but there is a Freeper, forgot her name, who is absolutely certain that all those ‘left in car’ stories are about a parent (usually a mom) who wants to kill their child. They are simply using the law as cover.
Obviously have never comprehended the old ‘out of sight, out of mind’ adage. Although, come to think of it, neither did the people who wrote those laws.
Our Hospital gives you one if you do not have one when you take your baby home!