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Safe Havens to Abandon Babies, Part II

Safe Havens to Abandon Babies, Part II LEGAL INTERSECTIONS The Fit Annette R. Appell INTRODUCTION The first part of this three-column series examined the legal phenom- enon of the safe haven laws–state laws designed to provide locations and procedures for parents to drop off their infants anonymously and without criminal liability (Appell, 2002). Since 1999, the vast majority of states have enacted these laws, largely in response to newborns found dead or abandoned in unsafe places (Appell, 2002). These statutes ap- ply to infants from three days to one year old, provide legal cover to emergency and medical professionals who receive such infants, grant some defense against, or immunity from, criminal penalties for aban- donment, and mandate anonymity for the relinquishing parent (Appell, 2002). Less than half of the statutes provide for public information cam- paigns about the availability, location, and meaning of safe havens (Appell, 2002). Annette R. Appell is Associate Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, Univer- sity of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author wishes to thank Adam Bult for research and editorial assistance, Pam Mohr for editorial comments, and John Krall for bibliographic assistance. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(1) 2002 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J145v06n01_06 61 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Safe Havens to Abandon Babies, Part II

Appell, Annette R.
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 6 (1): 9 – Sep 1, 2002
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Safe Havens to Abandon Babies, Part II

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LEGAL INTERSECTIONS The Fit Annette R. Appell INTRODUCTION The first part of this three-column series examined the legal phenom- enon of the safe haven laws–state laws designed to provide locations and procedures for parents to drop off their infants anonymously and without criminal liability (Appell, 2002). Since 1999, the vast majority of states have enacted these laws, largely in response to newborns found dead or abandoned in unsafe places (Appell, 2002). These statutes ap- ply to...
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LEGAL INTERSECTIONS The Fit Annette R. Appell INTRODUCTION The first part of this three-column series examined the legal phenom- enon of the safe haven laws–state laws designed to provide locations and procedures for parents to drop off their infants anonymously and without criminal liability (Appell, 2002). Since 1999, the vast majority of states have enacted these laws, largely in response to newborns found dead or abandoned in unsafe places (Appell, 2002). These statutes ap- ply to infants from three days to one year old, provide legal cover to emergency and medical professionals who receive such infants, grant some defense against, or immunity from, criminal penalties for aban- donment, and mandate anonymity for the relinquishing parent (Appell, 2002). Less than half of the statutes provide for public information cam- paigns about the availability, location, and meaning of safe havens (Appell, 2002). Annette R. Appell is Associate Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, Univer- sity of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author wishes to thank Adam Bult for research and editorial assistance, Pam Mohr for editorial comments, and John Krall for bibliographic assistance. Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 6(1) 2002 http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J145  2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1300/J145v06n01_06 61

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