a woman left a new born baby?

Question

a woman had a baby then left it in a bathroom stall at the hospital what should she have done if she didnt want it ?

american there is a thing called the safe haven law that allows u to hand your baby over to a hospital police station or cops

Answer 1

It appears to me that the "safe haven" or "Baby Moses" laws have not prevented women from abandoning their babies in unsafe conditions.

Perhaps me and those like me who opposes such travesties were right all along: women should be held to the same responsibility as men.

Unlike men, women have options in regard to reproduction (abortion, legal abandonment, adoption, keeping the baby and demanding child support and giving the baby to the father) that are withheld from men. Even with all these options, babies are still being endangered by mothers.

Perhaps it's time to try another idea besides adding even more options for women only at the expense of men, children and society. My suggestion would be to eliminate all options that are not equally applicable to the other parent (hint: equal treatment before the law).

For those who are ignorant, Since 1999, in an attempt to prevent unsafe abandonment of babies and neonaticide, 41 states have passed Safe Haven (sometimes called Baby Moses) laws. While statutes vary from state-to-state, most include the following provisions:

Parent(s) or those designated by a parent(s) may anonymously drop off an ”unwanted infant” at a Safe Haven center (hospital emergency room, fire station, police station).
No questions are asked. No identification of parent(s) is required. No social or medical history of baby is required.
Age of Safe Haven babies range from birth to five days; some states permit up to 30 days (South Dakota permits anonymous abandonment up to one year).
In about half of the states immunity from prosecution for abandonment is granted to parent(s) if there is no evidence of abuse or neglect; in the other half, states allow affirmative defense to prosecution.

The problems with these laws, among others are:
Deny the right of identity to infants abandoned “legally” and strips the infant of all genetic, medical and social history.
Include little or no safeguards against third party intervention (i.e. embarrassed grandparents).
Ignore established birth parent revocation time frames that permit a birth parent - usually the mother - to reclaim her child in a reasonable amount of time.
Deny birth fathers due process.
Contravene sections of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) which give tribes first custody rights in cases of child relinquishment.
Deter adoption through traditional legal channels and replaces standard practice with what some Safe Haven advocates call "non-bureaucratic placement".
Discourage women from seeking pre-natal and post-natal medical care and counseling, thus endangering the health, well being, and even life of both the mother and the baby. In Florida, receiving centers are prohibited from even asking women if they need care.
Create legislative bandaid solution instead of addressing the root socio-economic causes of baby abandonment and neonatacide: poverty, substance abuse, physical abuse, shame, and mental illness.
Reject long-standing best child welfare practice.

Answer 2

Only Alaska and Nebraska do not have Safe Haven Laws. Hospitals, firestations, police stations, courthouses and physicians offices are all places where a baby should be taken and left with a human, not left on the doorstep or in the bathroom. If the baby is sick or injured, call 911 and paramedics will take care of the baby.

Answer 3

its too bad she didn't know about the safe haven laws,that give a person a place and anonymity to leave a baby and be assured that the child will be taken care of and no questions will be asked ,no charges be pressed against the person leaving the baby .
and Yes American _horselover this is all true! it had to be done to save the numerous infants that were being left to die in garbage bins and other horrible places.it also gives an alternative to killing a newborn in order to cover up a situation a girl isnt capable of handling.care givers at hospitals/clinics/police stations are bound by this law to not ask questions but only to recieve the child and see to it that it gets medical attention.
this is what should be done.

Answer 4

She might not have been aware of the "safe haven" laws or maybe she was afraid of somebody finding out. We don't know. Perhaps she was a teenager hiding a pregnancy or living with someone who didn't want children. I don't condone what she did but at least she left the baby in a public place where it would soon be found and made an attempt to dress it to keep it warm. She could have done much worse things like throwing the baby in a dumpster or abandoning it somewhere where it would not be found until it was too late. At least the baby now has a chance to go to a new home and a new life.

Answer 5

It's nice about the 'safe haven law'. Pity, however that it is fraught with red tape. I remain unconvinced that they are entirely anonymous. That's why pregnant girls are afraid. A 'baby klappe' is better because they needn't face anyone - the last thing the girl needs or wants is to be judged by others at this particular time in her life. They to be certain they can remain anonymous - really and truly. They are probably afraid of others - especially 'others' wearing intimidating uniforms. In some European countries, and Japan, there is something called a 'baby hatch" which has a far higher success rate because anonymity is NEVER compromised at any stage:

Baby hatch
Baby hatch in Germany
A baby hatch is a place where mothers can bring their babies, usually newborn, and leave them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in mediaeval times and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel. Foundling wheels were taken out of use in the late 1800s but a modern form, the baby hatch, began to be introduced again from 1996 and since 2000 has come into use in many countries, notably in Germany where there are around 80 hatches today.
In German-speaking countries the hatch is known as a Babyklappe (baby hatch or flap) or Babyfenster (baby window); in Italian as Culle per la vita (cradle for life); in Japanese as こうのとりのゆりかご (storks' cradle) or 赤ちゃんポスト (baby post).
The hatches are usually in hospitals or social centres and consist of a door or flap in an outside wall which opens to reveal a soft bed, heated or at least insulated. Sensors in the bed alert carers when a baby has been put in it so that they can come and take care of the child. In Germany, babies are first cared for for eight weeks during which the mother can return and claim her child without any legal repercussions. If this does not happen, after eight weeks the child is put up for adoption."

Answer 6

nicely that's what daniel's regulation is for if a new child is under 30 days old all u do is bypass to a well being midsection and tell them u sdon't choose the new child so the infant is taken care of. this regulation is named after a new child that replaced into cutting-edge in a landfill or some thing undecided which the mummy did no longer choose the new child and if might have had this regulation then possibly that infant might nevertheless be alive. here you are able to study a splash extra approximately all of it states have it in simple terms a diverse call some call it secure haven. yet unfortunatly no longer in simple terms about all those mothers know approximately this act and if extra knew possibly the unlawful abondment might end. i think of she did what she concept replaced into suitable for her and the infant

Answer 7

What she Should have done was put the baby for adoption if she knew she couldn't take care of it or didn't want it.

These cases are rare though and I don't know but I Think that abandoned babies is done mostly by teens and women who are mentally ill. Probably women who are in desperate and illegal situations too. But I really don't know this is just my guess.

Abandonment is Not good and it is a mistake to encourage it.

First is that we do not want to say it is ok to be dangerous irresponsible OR that it is acceptable behaviour to abandon children. If you can't take care of your child than what you need to do is have adoption or for care and give up your parental rights. What kind of ethics or values is it to say it is ok to abandon??

Second is that when a baby is abondoned we don't Know what the situation is and there will not be a way to find out. There is no medical history even. The child is no one's. What kind of life will it have?

And how do we know that whoever left the baby is the parent or if it is the parent but the other parent Wants the baby?? Hay can you imagine having a baby and the other parent took it and abandoned it in another place and you have no way of knowing??

So I think the real question is what should We do as a society. Hay y'all we need to Think about this!

Answer 8

There are a places that have a "No Questions Asked" rule. She could bring the baby to any hospital, police station or fire station.

Answer 9

She should have given it to a nurse and said she couldn't take care of it.

There are laws, I think they're called safe haven laws, where you can leave a newborn--up to three days old--at a police station, fire department, hospital, etc., without being charged with a crime.

Answer 10

That doesn't matter any more; leave the mom alone, apparently the baby has been found; why go and spin some more yarns?