From the "don't know whether to laugh or cry" files
"LINCOLN, Neb. - The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. She was also running out of time: She knew that state lawmakers would soon meet in a special session to amend the ill-fated law so that it would apply to newborns only.
To the state's surprise and embarrassment, more than half of the 33 children legally abandoned under the safe-haven law since it took effect in mid-July have been teenagers."
But wait. If the kid was 18, she was legally no longer a child, right? RIGHT? Has the whole world gone topsy-turvy?!?
To the state's surprise and embarrassment, more than half of the 33 children legally abandoned under the safe-haven law since it took effect in mid-July have been teenagers."
But wait. If the kid was 18, she was legally no longer a child, right? RIGHT? Has the whole world gone topsy-turvy?!?