What are Safe Have Laws? Safe haven laws or Baby Moses laws - TopicsExpress



          

What are Safe Have Laws? Safe haven laws or Baby Moses laws were enacted to prevent infant abandonment and infanticide. Safe haven laws allow mothers in crisis to anonymously relinquish their infants in the care of a designated safe haven provider until a permanent home is found. Most safe haven laws allow for the parent to avoid being prosecuted for abandonment or neglect. The focus of safe haven laws is the protection of newborns. Several states infants must be less than 72 hours old to be relinquished at a safe haven. Click here for details on your States Safe Have Laws. nationalsafehavenalliance.org/states/
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:30:47 +0000

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