Americans use the Internet to abandon children adopted from overseas

[hey]

I can't remember but there's one state that had enacted a program where you could leave a child at a hospital if you could not afford to take care of it or whatever, no questions asked. It was in response to a ton of abandonment cases where women were throwing their babies in the trash and shit. I know it's still a shitty situation but jesus...

Every single state has such programs, albeit with varying restrictions (i think you get between a few days to a year or so after they're born, depending on the state). Not sure how you don't know this, since police stations are one place they can be left.

[archibaldcrane]

I think he's talking about Nebraska, where you could literally leave a minor child of any age at a hospital.

http://content.time.com/time/nation/...859405,00.html

All 50 states have some sort of "safe haven" law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law

[hey]

Ah...interesting.

[Nephlite]

Every single state has such programs, albeit with varying restrictions (i think you get between a few days to a year or so after they're born, depending on the state). Not sure how you don't know this, since police stations are one place they can be left.

You can essentially do this in D.C. however, CPS will track you down and arrest you if you do that without going the legal route. I was talking more along the lines of the no questions asked thing. That's what a lot of people have problems with is the process and the red tape for whatever reason. You essentially get put in the system if you go the legal route and most people don't want/can't get involved either because of family issues (minor who got pregnant and had a child and want to keep it from their family) or get punished some other way (not declaring a legal birth or registering the child is a felony in some cases). There's even cases where mothers who give their children up for adoption and end up getting arrested for outstanding things like warrants and whatnot.

So to answer your question, yes I do know this so don't insult me.