Nebraska's awful child-abandonment law is FINALLY being reviewed, as kids from other states continue to be dropped off by their idiot and incompetent parents.
The total number of kids abandoned so far is 34. On Thursday, a 17 year-old girl was dropped off at an Omaha hospital with her 14 year-old brother, and promptly ran away, leaving her brother behind.
This law has been a FARCE from day one and should never have been adopted by the legislature of Nebraska.
And the emotional damage being done to these children by their parents is immeasurable.
They say the way to hell is paved with good intentions. And this law was originally designed to help infants, but with the lack of an age limit in the law, parents began dropping their teenagers off. Of the 34 kids dropped off so far, not a SINGLE one has been an infant. Six of the children were under age 10, and the rest were teenagers.
All of these teens need to be returned to their relatives, and the ex-parents PROSECUTED! And in particular, those parents who crossed state lines to get rid of their kids need to be in federal court for what they have done.
I'm not interested in hearing why they've done what they've done. They had the means to travel to Nebraska from other states to drop their kids off; why couldn't they have contacted social services in their OWN states? EVERY state in this country has some kind of system to help parents in need, and family courts to order the kids into state custody to get the help that they need.
Nebraska needs to GET IT IN GEAR and FIX this terrible law!
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Horrific Nebraska Child-Abandonment Law Needs to be Repealed NOW: Seventeen Kids Abandoned So Far
Back on September 25th, I wrote about the new Nebraska law that allows parents to abandon kids at local hospitals up to the age of 17, and not just infants. A father had just dropped off nine kids at a Nebraska hospital, and I predicted that the floodgates were open.
A blind man could have seen this one coming; Nebraska legislators have decided to hold a hearing on the new law after parents began dropping off their teenagers in increasing numbers. And for the first time since this abomination became law, parents are starting to drive in from neighboring states to abandon their kids in Nebraska too.
Who's the IDIOT or group of IDIOTS who came up with this STUPID plan? What were they thinking was going to happen? And how many kids are going to suffer devastating mental issues from being abandoned like garbage at a dump by their parents/guardians?
Yes, there's only 17 kids who have been abandoned since this law came into effect, but it's 17 new child placement cases, which is far too many. According to Nebraska officials, none of the kids were in life-threatening situations at home. The older kids said during interviews with child welfare experts that they had frustrated parents trying to deal with the issues normally associated with raising kids, and teenagers in particular and gave up.
This law is draconian, and I hope that the Nebraska legislature reverses a terrible mistake and takes care of the kids that it is partially responsible for orphaning. And it takes steps to strengthen their family and child welfare programs so the parents have more choices than abandoning their families to the state.
A blind man could have seen this one coming; Nebraska legislators have decided to hold a hearing on the new law after parents began dropping off their teenagers in increasing numbers. And for the first time since this abomination became law, parents are starting to drive in from neighboring states to abandon their kids in Nebraska too.
Who's the IDIOT or group of IDIOTS who came up with this STUPID plan? What were they thinking was going to happen? And how many kids are going to suffer devastating mental issues from being abandoned like garbage at a dump by their parents/guardians?
Yes, there's only 17 kids who have been abandoned since this law came into effect, but it's 17 new child placement cases, which is far too many. According to Nebraska officials, none of the kids were in life-threatening situations at home. The older kids said during interviews with child welfare experts that they had frustrated parents trying to deal with the issues normally associated with raising kids, and teenagers in particular and gave up.
This law is draconian, and I hope that the Nebraska legislature reverses a terrible mistake and takes care of the kids that it is partially responsible for orphaning. And it takes steps to strengthen their family and child welfare programs so the parents have more choices than abandoning their families to the state.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Nebraska Needs to Change It's "Safe Haven" Law: Dad Drops Off NINE Children at Hospital
Nebraska has the most liberal "safe haven" law in the country, and there are some major problems happening as a result.
"Safe haven" laws are laws that allow for mothers to drop off infants at hospitals, fire departments, police departments and government offices. Most of the states have them, but Nebraska went much further than all of them.
They allow children up to age 17 to be dropped off, and not just infants.
And a Nebraska dad did just that, dropping off nine kids between the ages of one and seventeen at an emergency room late Wednesday night. What a horrifying story! Nebraska needs to strengthen it's child welfare system and work to keep the families together, not allow parents to discard their families that they were responsible for creating.
Now that word of this is spreading, they may have a HUGE problem on their hands when others start doing the same thing. What were the legislators down there thinking?
"Safe haven" laws are laws that allow for mothers to drop off infants at hospitals, fire departments, police departments and government offices. Most of the states have them, but Nebraska went much further than all of them.
They allow children up to age 17 to be dropped off, and not just infants.
And a Nebraska dad did just that, dropping off nine kids between the ages of one and seventeen at an emergency room late Wednesday night. What a horrifying story! Nebraska needs to strengthen it's child welfare system and work to keep the families together, not allow parents to discard their families that they were responsible for creating.
Now that word of this is spreading, they may have a HUGE problem on their hands when others start doing the same thing. What were the legislators down there thinking?
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