EDITORIAL SAFE BABIES COUNTY LAW SAVES LIVES.It's a good bet that dozens of babies are alive in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County today because of the safe haven law Safe haven law is the popular name for United States' laws that decriminalize leaving unharmed infants with statutorily designated private persons so that the child becomes a ward of the state. "Safe haven" laws typically let parents stay nameless to the court. . Since the Los Angeles County started a campaign in 2001 to educate the public about the safe haven 1. Designated area(s) to which noncombatants of the United States Government's responsibility and commercial vehicles and materiel may be evacuated during a domestic or other valid emergency. 2. law- which allows mothers to give up their babies no questions asked at hospitals or fire stations- the number of abandoned babies has dropped significantly. In 2001, 14 babies were abandoned and died; in 2005, just four were, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a county report. What is certain is that 41 babies were surrendered safely in L.A. County under this program- babies that might have been otherwise left in a dumpster, an alley or in the wilderness without much chance of survival. If the safe haven law is working, it's because of this the public education component. To save the lives of more babies, the county must keep reminding people that it exists. |
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