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NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Newborn is surrendered to officials
February 28, 2007
For the fifth time since the law took effect in 2004, a newborn was surrendered to authorities earlier this month. The baby girl, named Baby Sylvia by officials, was the first newborn to be surrendered since the body of a newborn was found in bin of a Milford trash truck last month.
Baby Sylvia's birth mother contacted the Baby Safe Haven hot line less than a week before giving birth. Officials, citing privacy concerns, said only that the mother was a teenager from Eastern Massachusetts. The state became the 46th in the nation to enact the law which waives all criminal action against a mother if she brings a newborn less than a week old to a police station, manned fire station, or hospital emergency room. Supporters are currently touring the state urging voters to persuade the Legislature to eliminate a June 2008 sunset clause that would eliminate the law. The Baby Safe Haven hot line in Massachusetts is averaging about 40 calls per month.
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Please contact your reps about this. Keep Safe Haven available.
http://www.babysafehaven.com/ 866-814-SAFE
Newborn is surrendered to officials
February 28, 2007
For the fifth time since the law took effect in 2004, a newborn was surrendered to authorities earlier this month. The baby girl, named Baby Sylvia by officials, was the first newborn to be surrendered since the body of a newborn was found in bin of a Milford trash truck last month.
Baby Sylvia's birth mother contacted the Baby Safe Haven hot line less than a week before giving birth. Officials, citing privacy concerns, said only that the mother was a teenager from Eastern Massachusetts. The state became the 46th in the nation to enact the law which waives all criminal action against a mother if she brings a newborn less than a week old to a police station, manned fire station, or hospital emergency room. Supporters are currently touring the state urging voters to persuade the Legislature to eliminate a June 2008 sunset clause that would eliminate the law. The Baby Safe Haven hot line in Massachusetts is averaging about 40 calls per month.
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Please contact your reps about this. Keep Safe Haven available.
http://www.babysafehaven.com/ 866-814-SAFE