How Laws Work

So as many of you know I’m very Pro-Life, and part of this is doing whatever it can be make carrying an unwanted baby to term as palatable and easy as possible, and as convenient for the countless people who are unable to have children of their own to quickly adopt unwanted children.

One of the best laws for this are the Safehaven laws. These allow mothers to drop off unwanted very young children to a trusted place and have that child be accepted into care with NO QUESTIONS ASKED, and in many cases there is the option of no human contact. Here in Massachusetts Safehavens are any Police, and Fire Station, as well as Hospitals. In Philadelphia its just hospitals.

It allows parents to relinquish newborns up to 28 days old at any hospital in the state of Pennsylvania without the fear of criminal prosecution as long as the baby has not been harmed. Babies can be left with any hospital staff member or if a person is unwilling or unable to wait, they will be directed by signs on where to place the baby. Many hospitals have bassinets located near entryways where babies can be placed.

Wow Bassinets near the entrances where you can just drop off a baby! Or you can wait in the parking lot before you see somebody in scrubs with a hospital badge and make the hand-off…or just pass the kid off to the dude in the parking lot booth.

That’s ALMOST as good as that drop slot at the video store! And given that video stores are quickly becoming an anachronism, it IS as convenient as returning a video to Redbox!

Now those of you who are sharp might have picked up why I mentioned Philly’s laws.

Police are trying to find out who gave birth to a baby girl found inside a cardboard box on a north Philadelphia sidewalk.

Police say the newborn was found Wednesday morning and was in good condition after she was rushed to a children’s hospital.

Thankfully the baby will be fine. If mom is found she’ll be facing criminal charges as her actions can be considered assault and potentially attempted murder. (A childhood friend of mine was charged with this when she dropped a baby into an airport toilet, covered the kid with TP and attempted to escape). All of this COULD have been avoided by simply dropping the Baby off in the local hospital directly, and no charges would be filed, no questions asked, and no harm, no foul.

Instead she chose to do something illegal and VERY potentially deadly.

Think of this case when some asshole tells you that making private gun sales illegal will keep Thugsley the Crack Dealer, from buying a stolen gun from Sumd00d the thief.

Also I think we all need to think of what a great life this baby will likely have as newborns are VERY quickly adopted, and cherished by those who want to have a biological child but are unable.