Is Nebraska's child abandonment law promoting good public policy?

[LowlyPion]

Good Public Policy?

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859405,00.html

 

[LowlyPion]

It's one way to get kids in line. Clean up your room or else?

But look at the heart-breaking situations of those older kids left at ERs.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

What were the good intentions of this policy?

 

[NeoDevin]

What were the good intentions of this policy?

To give parents an alternative to abandoning children on the sly (probably in unsafe conditions) or "accidentally" doing something which causes the child's death.

 

[Proton Soup]

just legalize abortion up through the 75th trimester

 

[Evo]

It was intended for infants. They are re-writing the law to stipulate that it is for infants up to 3 days of age.