So the other day, yet another teen was abandoned at a Nebraska hospital. Problem was, she and her guardians were from a town in nearby Iowa.
This led some to wonder if they could press charges against the Iowa family, since this was a state law. In any case, the grandparents of the 14-year-old girl changed their minds and went back to pick her up today. The grandparents, who adopted the girl and would only say they abandoned her because of "supervision issues," won't be charged.
But this has sent Nebraska lawmakers into panic mode. They have to decide whether their safe haven law, which defined no clear age restrictions, has turned into a teen abandonment program. Of the 17 children (person under the age of 19) dropped off, only four have been under 10 years old.
Seems like Nebraska ought to work on some other kind of program to help desperate families.
Safe haven laws were meant to save newborn babies' lives. But it looks like there's an entirely different group out there who really needs help.
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