A Few Bastardly Thoughts on Safe Haven Report - Marley Elizabeth Greiner
Bastard Nation's Executive Chair responds to the Donaldson Adoption Institute's report on Safe Haven laws. The Future of Safe HavensA few of the most problematic "enhancements" we see on the Safe Haven horizon are:
- legislation to place how-to-abandon your baby units into the school curriculum;
- extension of drop-off points to include non-medical facilities; and
- legislation that would permit women who promise to relinquish to give birth anonymously at tax payer expense through Medicaid or other federally funded programs.
Conclusion"Unintended Consequences" is a constructive report on the current state of legalized baby abandonment and should be on the reading list of anyone who cares about the welfare of children and adoptees. Bastard Nation believes, however, that Safe Haven/Baby Moses laws are simply a backdoor attempt to codify anonymous and secret adoption. They encourage unaccountability within the adoption industry, and permit the questionable transfer of children from uninformed parents to strangers. The laws do not effect the women and babies most at-risk. Instead, Safe Havens not only prop up the dying sealed records system, but they create a state-facilitated system of identity stripping and blank records.
Some things cannot be fixed. Bastard Nation believes that Safe Haven/Baby Moses laws do not need to be improved. They need to be legally abandoned!
(The above is a summary of the Bastard Nation response to the report. The entire 2500 word response can be found at http://www.bastards.org/activism/EBDreport.html.)More from Bastard Nation:Page 1: Agree & Don't AgreePage 2: Intervention Page 3: Repair or RepealPage 4: Future of Safe Havens
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