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I understand save haven laws for infants, and even toddlers. I would much rather have a person drop off their baby at a hospital then shake him or her, or put him or her in a plastic bag and throw him in a McDonald's dumpster (sorry, this happened in my town before). But, after about 30 months? If you have gone through that much raising a child, and decide you can not do it anymore? What about adoption? Sure, it is not an instantaneous fix as dropping your children off at the hospital and saying "I'm done", but if you are that serious about it, and have already spent 30+ months raising your child, another year or two of adoption proceeding should not be that bad?
I feel horrible for the kids this is happening to. I think the law needed a bit more time figuring out an age instead of simply stating "a child". Lawmakers should know better than to release a law without specifics and realize if there is room to mistranslate the law it will be mistranslated.
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