Remember when I was yelling at Nebraska's governor and state legislature to get their heads screwed on straight and call a special session to undo their misguided compassion? Good thing they're regular readers of The Edwells.
11-year-old Florida boy is 31st Nebraska 'safe haven' case
By ANNA JO BRATTON
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 11-year-old Florida boy was abandoned at a Nebraska hospital Wednesday, just days before lawmakers meet to change the much-criticized "safe haven" law.
The boy is the 31st child abandoned since the law took effect in July. It was intended to protect unwanted newborns from being abandoned but doesn't set any age limit.
Todd Landry, director of children and family services for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the boy's father left him at Boys Town National Research Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
The boy is from Miami-Dade County, but officials didn't immediately say whether the family had a connection to Nebraska. The department has contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families.
The Legislature opens a special session on Friday to fix the law (a little ahead of the Governor's January timeline!!). Most legislators have already agreed to add an age limit of 3 days, which would change Nebraska's law from the most lenient to one of the strictest in the nation.
The revised safe-haven law could take effect as early as next week if senators pass it with an emergency clause and the governor signs it right away.
11.13.2008
The value of good SCOTUS justices
US Supreme Court OKs Navy's sonar use
"The public interest in conducting training exercises with active sonar under realistic conditions plainly outweighs" the concerns voiced by environmentalists, Roberts said, speaking for a five-justice majority. This "does not strike us as a close question," he added.
11.05.2008
Your loss
Apparently America doesn't read my blog. Your loss...lots of good stuff here. Now, more pictures of Ella.
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