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Originally Posted by ZionWoman
I disagree with the general consensus so far. How can legalized abandonment be a good thing? I really don't get this so help me out. I know that abuse happens. I know babies get left in all kinds of places. Shouldn't the parents have to go through more social services before legal abandonment becomes an option? Some parents just need help. A parent of a difficult child should not feel so all alone that they think abandoning their child is their best option.
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Most social service programs are tapped to the limit of their resources. I think of the young teenage girl who got pregnant, hid it from family (yes it happens), gives birth and then dumps the baby into a dumpster. At least with the abandonment laws she can turn that baby over to the authorities without retribution and the baby is given to a home that can provide.