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The laws certainly aren't working in Texas where they were initiated. I agree with Ray who is to say "who" is abandoning this child if no information is taken? And what about the rights of the father (or other family members for that matter) who knows nothing about his child if it is "dropped off". Couldn't a grandmother, exgirlfriend, anyone give leave this child. This has already happened once with a father who left his baby with his girlfriend (not the mother) never returned and the girl left the baby in a safe haven. Luckily, the birthmother was found.
If you research child abandonment in history it goes way back to 14th century Europe (yes and even way before that) when child abandonment put orphanages out of business due to more and more people giving up their children and eventually these places due to overwhelming amounts of babies left had to close their doors. So, what message are we sending to everyone including our own children? That the life of a child is worth nothing simply "dump" it off and walk away.
As an adoptee it makes me feel like discarded trash. We have disposable razors, cameras, and now children?
Sorry, it seems like a band-aid solution to a bleeding artery.
I would like to see other avenues pursued such as speaking to teenagers about options such as birth control and sex education and yes, even adoption. Let's get to the root of the problem and fix it not add to it.
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