{"id":97109,"date":"2016-07-04T00:32:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T04:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=97109"},"modified":"2016-07-04T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T04:32:16","slug":"safe-have-laws-because-babies-deserve-love-not-a-dumpster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/safe-have-laws-because-babies-deserve-love-not-a-dumpster\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe haven laws: Because babies deserve love&#8211;not a dumpster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>This spring, a little girl in Ohio should have celebrated her first birthday. There was no party, though. Why not? Well, she wasn&#8217;t put in a hospital nursery after she was born.<\/p>\n<p>She was put in a plastic bag.<\/p>\n<p>Emile Weaver received a life sentence last month <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/news\/world\/ex-student-gets-life-without-parole-for-suffocating-baby-to-death-in-trash-bag-after-giving-birth-at-sorority\">for the murder<\/a> of her newborn. Weaver gave birth in a sorority house at Muskingum University, and then placed her daughter in a garbage bag. The story isn\u2019t unique, as babies regularly turn up in <a href=\"\/news\/mother-arrested-leaving-newborn-dumpster\/\">trash bags<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/news\/dumpster-baby-in-texas-saved-by-hero-maintenance-man\/\">dumpsters<\/a>. Many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mom-charged-after-baby-found-dead-at-mich-recycling-center\/\">don\u2019t survive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It <i>is<\/i> a little surreal, though: while Weaver is going to prison for killing her newborn in Ohio, New Mexico\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/inhuman\/inhuman-undercover-in-americas-late-term-abortion-industry-new-mexico\/#more-1127\">Southwestern Women\u2019s Options<\/a> will perform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\/\">late-term abortions<\/a> for women who didn\u2019t realize how far along they were. And under state law, abortion is legal right up until birth.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCX-tLqETpk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s another adjective for this tragedy: preventable. Across the country, <a href=\"http:\/\/safehaven.tv\/\">Baby Safe Haven Laws<\/a> offer safe places where an infant can be brought&#8211;with no questions asked.<\/p>\n<p>Some states require that a baby be taken to a hospital, but most also designate police and fire stations as safe havens, too. The group <a href=\"http:\/\/safehaven.tv\/states\/\">Baby Safe Haven<\/a> has created an interactive map that provides a summary of the specific rules in each jurisdiction. Information is also available toll-free at 1-888-510-BABY (2229).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79458\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79458\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-79458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Baby-Safe-Haven-laws-and-location-700x263.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Safe Haven laws and location\" width=\"474\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Baby-Safe-Haven-laws-and-location-700x263.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Baby-Safe-Haven-laws-and-location-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Baby-Safe-Haven-laws-and-location.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Find your local <a href=\"http:\/\/safehaven.tv\/states\/\">Baby Safe Haven<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every baby deserves a pair of loving arms, and given the number of couples <a href=\"http:\/\/adoption.com\/\">hoping to adopt<\/a>, a lot of arms are waiting. You can help fill them by raising awareness of <a href=\"http:\/\/safehaven.tv\/\">Baby Safe Haven Laws<\/a> through social media, churches, civic groups or other places you have a voice.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Emile Weaver\u2019s daughter never had a birthday party. You can help make sure another child does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring, a little girl in Ohio should have celebrated her first birthday. There was no party, though. Why not? Well, she wasn&#8217;t put in a hospital nursery after she was born. She was put in a plastic bag. Emile Weaver received a life sentence last month for the murder of her newborn. 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