{"id":248951,"date":"2021-07-11T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T20:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=248951"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:52:29","slug":"guam-considers-making-911-safe-haven-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guam-considers-making-911-safe-haven-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Guam considers making 911 responders a new safe haven option\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers in Guam advanced legislation this week amending Public Law 34-120, the Newborn Infant Safe Haven Act, to allow mothers who can\u2019t travel to a safe haven location to call 911 to surrender their newborn babies to emergency medical services personnel with no repercussions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original legislation was authored in 2018 by Sen. Mary Camacho Torres after a baby was abandoned on a doorstep in the village of Dededo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, an unharmed infant up to 30 days old can be surrendered at a fire station, hospital, birthing center, or community health center. Recognizing that a mother in distress may not have the resources for transportation to these locations, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamlegislature.com\/36th_Guam_Legislature\/Bills_Introduced_36th\/Bill%20No.%20109-36%20(COR).pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill 109<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was introduced to prevent child abandonment and protect infants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt a moment of crisis, this predicament may compel a mother to discard her infant or leave the child at an unsafe nearby location,\u201d the bill stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Bill 109, Child Protective Services would contact an adoption agency to take physical custody of the child. The bill states that the reason for placing infants in an adoption agency is to help the already overburdened foster care system and to ensure the infants find loving homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-guam-negatively-affect-disabilities\/\">How abortions in Guam could negatively affect people with disabilities<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, infants are placed in foster custody until permanent placement can be arranged, which often takes months or longer. According to the Bureau of Social Services and Administration, Guam has over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pncguam.com\/lawmakers-expand-newborn-infant-safe-haven-act\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250 children in foster care<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and less than 50 licensed foster families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMothers in distress \u2026 should have every available option to ensure their baby is safe and taken care of. Part of that comfort is knowing that their baby will be permanently placed in a safe and loving home, Sen. Mary Torres <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/07\/06\/expanded-newborn-safe-haven-act-advances\/7870598002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pacific Daily News<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/07\/06\/expanded-newborn-safe-haven-act-advances\/7870598002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that opponents to the measure warn that there are currently no legal requirements for who can set up and operate an adoption agency. Speaker Therese Terlaje noted that she would like to support the bill but took issue with the section requiring relinquished infants to be handed over to adoption agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI can&#8217;t see why, if these adoption agencies intend in good faith to work with CPS, why forcing CPS to give them babies is in the benefit of anyone,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The governor addressed these concerns and offered his support of the bill in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postguam.com\/news\/local\/governor-supports-adoption-streamlining-bill\/article_f0c89f94-d978-11eb-8783-f3dbe6de40bc.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> penned to Sen. Torres. The letter states that the Department of Public Health and Social Services is already empowered to regulate private adoption services through its enabling act as the authority over child welfare and child placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis letter represents the collective view of DPHSS and our administration,\u201d the governor wrote. \u201cWe support efforts to encourage responsible and caring adults to adopt children who are in need of loving and supportive homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsafehavenalliance.org\/safe-haven-locations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Safe Haven Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for baby safe haven locations in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers in Guam advanced legislation this week amending Public Law 34-120, the Newborn Infant Safe Haven Act, to allow mothers who can\u2019t travel to a safe haven location to call 911 to surrender their newborn babies to emergency medical services personnel with no repercussions.\u00a0 The original legislation was authored in 2018 by Sen. 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