Essay on The Safely Surrendered Baby Law

In some ethical and legal respects a pregnant woman and her fetus can be considered separate. Both the woman and the fetus are ordinarily affected by the well-being of one another for as long as each of them live. The ethical and legal issues are challenged deeply in cases where the well-being of the fetus and the mother appear to be in conflict. Our society struggles with identifying cases where the pregnant woman’s interests and/or behaviors might put her fetus at risk. Criminal and/or civil commitments should be used to bar pregnant women from exposing their fetuses to risk.

Nowadays, we see this abandonment in pregnant teenagers who are not ready for a child just yet. A girl throws her baby in a dumpster because she knows she can’t

Many people think it is wrong to just leave your child at a hospital and forget about it, but there are worse fates for children whose parents did not know about the Safe Haven Laws. The risk of homicide on the first day of life is 10 times greater than the rate during any other time of life (Herman-Giddens 1425). In a population-based study called Newborns Killed or Left to Die by a Parent, five authors describe cases of infant death and abandonment in North Carolina, “Over a 16 year period in North Carolina, we report 34 newborns known to be killed or discarded in the first day of life by (or likely) the parents, an annual rate of 2.1 per 100,000 newborns” (Herman-Giddens 1428). Sadly, only a few deaths were unintentional, “The majority of these cases (91.2%) were ruled as homicides, while three were found to be unintentional due to natural causes” (Herman-Giddens 1428). Mothers were usually the ones that abandon or kill the newborn, “mothers were the perpetrators in all cases where the perpetrator was positively identified” (Herman-Giddens 1428).

The safe surrender baby program was derived from the need to harbor children who couldn’t be cared for. Looking back in history, infanticide was used as a form of population control when resources were not abundant (Milner, 1998). Thus, the safe surrender baby program is a humane alternative to abandoning the baby. Before 1999, those who were concerned with the deaths of infants as a result of abandonment responded to the problem with various community-based programs. There were programs that provided 24 hour hotlines and others provided burial for the infants who have died as a result of abandonment. Thirty-five states passed their laws concerning abandoned babies, creating safe havens to secretly surrender a child without prosecution by March 2002 (Hittle, 2011).

In all cases, when a baby is surrendered, the baby must be given to a person. It is illegal and dangerous

According to the April 2016 article, Worldwide Children Statistics, there is estimated to be 140 million children who are orphans. The article also states that children represent almost half of the people living in extreme poverty. Because of this information people struggle with the idea that adoption is hard, and anyone can easily understand why. Adoption isn’t necessarily a talked about issue on the news, magazines, or on social media, so who’s to blame if no one knows that less children and young teens are being adoptive each year, or that according to the CDC’s (Center for Disease and Control Prevention) March 2017 article, that there are 15 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 per year. There are several common protocols that occur when trying to adopt. Family members and adoptive parents should be aware and knowledgeable of the warning signs of adoption, the top five

Adoption exists, but according to the Child Welfare Information Gateway (n.d., p.2), the Safe Haven Law allows mothers to give up their newborn without any questions asked or legal ramifications. Even if there is no complicated adoption process in place, they will be freed from that responsibility; it makes sense given that not all plans to give the child up work to someone, or a couple, specifically work out and the mother isn’t left having no clue what to do with their unwanted child. Some concerned citizens would worry that the law encourages reckless behavior, but lawmakers argue back that the point of the legislation is to prevent infant death by abandonment in a location that isn’t safe. In fact, Chicago’s Save Abandoned Babies Foundation (FAQ, 2016) reports that “as of 2016, 3265 infants have been safely surrendered to Safe Havens nationally”. This falls in line with Pro-Life groups that believe every child should have a chance at a happy life and others. It can be said that if not for the Safe Haven Law as an option instead of giving up parental rights later on, some of those infants could’ve died from exposure or related outcomes where they are simply left behind. Still, organizations like Adoptions Together oppose the laws: they argue that the mother does not get proper counseling afterwards and that the newborn will start with a “blank slate” with no family medical history (Adoptions Together, 2015). But the support for Safe Haven Laws is so steady from the general public that they’re unlikely to be struck down any time soon and more likely to be amended by

California's Safely Islamic Terrorist Baby Surrender Law responds to the large number of illegal alien and terrorist babies that are allowed into the state due to the total lack of immigration law enforcement. The law's intent is to save lives of very young children who are in extreme danger of being radicalized by their parents, the internet or other community factors. Children surrendering are give a new life and bright future with no questions

Unwanted, abandoned and murdered newborns, by their distraught mothers, is an epidemic that has taken many forms over time. The motivation to enact the abandonment law as safe-haven ties into the fear and capability of raising a child. The dangers to the mother and the baby are real. Within the past year, fourteen states have enacted laws aimed at combating that apparent rates but highly publicized instances in which newborn infants are abandoned by their mothers and sometimes left to die. However, while Congress has not passed similar legislation, it has not remained silent. In April, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution offered by Representative Nancy Johnson. It was designed to focus attention and raise awareness

A young woman, pregnant, scared, and alone gives birth to a healthy baby. She has no idea what to do. How can she handle a newborn baby when she can’t even take care of herself? Depressing thoughts enter her mind, and she can’t think of anything but to do something she will regret later. She doesn’t realize her choices. This is what safe havens are for. Safe havens are usually located at hospitals, but depending on what state you reside in, they can also be at fire houses and police stations. The mother of the child can take the baby in and leave it… which isn’t the most attractive thing. Some say safe havens shouldn’t be an option, and that parents should take responsibility for what they have done, and suffer the consequences. It might not be a secure substitute, but think of what could happen if there wasn’t a choice of safe havens. Safe havens are effective at stopping parents from harming or abandoning their babies because of the lives they save, and the opportunities given to the families affected.

Infant abduction simply saying it doesn’t even seem moral. For a mother to receive the new about the precious child she just delivered to be abducted from a medical facility sound so cruel. Infant abduction was classified as a major problem being faced in the United States hospitals. Throughout earlier years infant abductions remained increasingly high. In the 1980’s the hospitals started to apply changes on ways to increase the level or protection after a mother deliver a baby. Along with many healthcare challenges hospital must develop protocol and regulations that solve or improve difficult, hazardous, or even extreme situations. For starts implementing a “phase” or “code” to notify staff member or the hospital facility that and infant been

Society is daily faced with the inexcusable uncivilized crime of abandoning children. This is one of those felonies committed against the human the race which is fueled by contributing socio-economic factors which includes poverty, the breakdown of traditional kinship support systems, HIV/Aids, urbanization, rape and statutory rape as well as the political influence as

Recently there has been growing controversy regarding this charge, with many still believing that charging these women with murder is too harsh of a sentence. Critics believe that the charge of Infanticide is being used as a way to legalize murder or make society see it as acceptable because the mother may have a mental issue. That is why Canada should continue to have the crime of infanticide, and its maximum sentence of up to five years, as a charge under the Criminal Code. The physical and emotional abuse that may occur during a woman’s last trimester, combined with their hormonal state, and previous violent encounters can contribute to the women’s anger, post partum psychosis after pregnancy can be

This paper discusses whether it is ever permissible to commit infanticide or not. Infanticide is the killing of an infant or the practice of killing newborn infants. It is a difficult subject to discuss since infanticide seems morally repugnant at first glimpse, though it becomes increasingly complicated as we reflect on particular nuances in real world cases.

Needless to say, lack of moral education background, parental supervision, and peer influence are the factors that influencing the baby abandonment among teenagers in