Father drops off 9 kids under Nebraska safe haven law

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WTF!!!!!!!!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlZbpXbUt5CbF3Ra6tEc-6uzzToAD93DPJO84

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) â€” Nine children were left at a hospital by their father late Wednesday under the state's new safe haven law, a move officials say illustrates the problems many feared when the rule went into effect.
The father, who was not identified, left the children aged 1 to 17 at Creighton University Medical Center's emergency room.
The law, which went into effect in July, allows caregivers to abandon children at any state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution. It was initially intended to protect infants â€” like similar laws in other states â€” but was amended to include children and teenagers.
At least four children between the ages of 11 and 15 have been abandoned by parents since the law took effect.
The nine youngsters surrendered Wednesday are OK, said Kathie Osterman, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. She didn't know how many were boys or girls, or why their father left them.
More information will be available at a late morning news conference, Osterman said.
Nebraska was the last state in the nation to adopt a safe-haven law. Under previous law, a parent who abandoned a baby could have been charged with child neglect or abandonment, both misdemeanors, or child abuse, a felony.
State Sen. Arnie Stuthman said he introduced the bill intending to protect infants. In a compromise with senators worried about arbitrary age limits, the measure was expanded to include the word "child."
The law doesn't further define child, and some have interpreted that to mean anyone in Nebraska under the age of 19. Others have taken the common law meaning of child â€” those under age 14.
Abandoning teenagers was not the original intent of the law, Stuthman said Thursday.
"People are leaving them off just because they can't control them," he said. "They're probably in no real danger, so it's an easy way out for the caretaker."
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righ now.. im speachless..
other than.. d bet 10-1 that these kids will be better of in the system..

I mean, if a FATHER would do this to his kids..
he shouldnt be their caretaker dammit..

The least desirable you are as a parent the inversely more fertile you are. Some of these people are like a giant PEZ dispenser.

<--father of the year award...

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I had a aunt that Abandon her 3 kids ages 9 Thur 13 yrs. She rented her another apt and never came back for the kids. They where adopted by the town owner. If happens!

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I mean, if a FATHER would do this to his kids..
he shouldnt be their caretaker dammit..
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Well, isn't that pretty much what happened??? Kind of an ironic comment...

I can't imagine what these kids are feeling right now...hopefully they are well taken care of now.

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I agree.. :-D

thats why above that statement..
I said..

Id bet 10-1 that these kids will be better of in the system..
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:-D

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