National Safe Haven Laws
On January - 29 - 2015
How to Surrender an Infant Under Safe Haven Laws
In all 50 United States and Puerto Rico, there are safe haven laws designed for a parent to surrender a newborn child to designated ‘safe havens’. Designed to protect infants from neglect or abuse, most states do not ask questions about why you are turning over custody of the child. If you or someone you know is pregnant and do not feel that the child can be raised safely under the care of either parent, the infant can be usually relinquished without risk of prosecution. READ MORE HERE
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Law Details & Safe Haven Organizations by State
Laws – National Safe Haven Alliance
Safe Haven Laws – USLegal
Infant Safe Haven Laws – Child Welfare Information Gateway
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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