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Originally Posted by pam
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.
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Most of these girls also probably birthed their own babies in the back seat of a car or a dirty public restroom. They cut the umbilical cord with nail clippers in their purse, or a razor they carry with them. The cord, if tied off at all, is often clamped with a hairpiece. The baby, if wrapped at all, if in a t-shirt or jacket.
Being able to safely and legally leave these babies at a hospital or with law enforcement is the best thing for the babies at that time.