Comments on: Nebraska’s dump law, in the past 16 days 16 legalized child abandonments http://www.babylovechild.org/2008/09/28/nebraskas-dump-law-in-the-past-16-days-16-legalized-child-abandonments/ Yet another Bastard Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:49:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Baby Love Child http://www.babylovechild.org/2008/09/28/nebraskas-dump-law-in-the-past-16-days-16-legalized-child-abandonments/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Baby Love Child Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:51:58 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/2008/09/28/nebraskas-dump-law-in-the-past-16-days-16-legalized-child-abandonments/#comment-283 Also be sure to go see Bastardette's two most recent Nebraska pieces- <a href="http://bastardette.blogspot.com/2008/09/build-it-and-they-will-come-nebraska.html" rel="nofollow">BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: NEBRASKA DUMP FIASCO </a> Friday, September 26, 2008 and <a href="http://bastardette.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-dont-want-anything-to-happen-to-kids.html" rel="nofollow">"I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO KIDS LIKE IT HAPPENED TO ME" NEBRASKA ABANDONMENTS REACH 16 </a> Sunday, September 28, 2008 Both are not only solid analysis, they're also filled with very important links and supporting materials. Also be sure to go see Bastardette’s two most recent Nebraska pieces-

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: NEBRASKA DUMP FIASCO
Friday, September 26, 2008

and

“I DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO KIDS LIKE IT HAPPENED TO ME” NEBRASKA ABANDONMENTS REACH 16
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Both are not only solid analysis, they’re also filled with very important links and supporting materials.

]]> By: Baby Love Child http://www.babylovechild.org/2008/09/28/nebraskas-dump-law-in-the-past-16-days-16-legalized-child-abandonments/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Baby Love Child Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:12:41 +0000 http://www.babylovechild.org/2008/09/28/nebraskas-dump-law-in-the-past-16-days-16-legalized-child-abandonments/#comment-282 Ok, two links. Start here, with the Omaha World-Herald's article entitled <a href="http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10444742" rel="nofollow">Safe Haven Law: Frustrated families frustrate the system</a>, and here for <a href="http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10444740" rel="nofollow">Profiles of the families that have used the safe haven law</a>. Many of these were families who had tried in the past to access the system. In the end, dumping became what was left. We're looking at decades worth of destruction of the mental health system in this country, combined with health care costs, and a mess of other 'social problems'. Legalized abandonment is no answer to the problems these kids and their families have faced and will continue to face. So, Nebraska legislators, wanna roll up your sleeves and get to work, or are you just going to work on dump 2.0 for infants and <strong>CONTINUE</strong> to leave these kids and their families nowhere? Ok, two links.

Start here, with the Omaha World-Herald’s article entitled Safe Haven Law: Frustrated families frustrate the system, and here for Profiles of the families that have used the safe haven law.

Many of these were families who had tried in the past to access the system. In the end, dumping became what was left.

We’re looking at decades worth of destruction of the mental health system in this country, combined with health care costs, and a mess of other ’social problems’.

Legalized abandonment is no answer to the problems these kids and their families have faced and will continue to face.

So, Nebraska legislators, wanna roll up your sleeves and get to work, or are you just going to work on dump 2.0 for infants and CONTINUE to leave these kids and their families nowhere?

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