Father drops off 9 kids under Neb. safe haven law
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nine children were left at a hospital by their father late Wednesday under the state's new safe haven law, a move officials say illustrates the problems many feared when the rule went into effect. The father, who was not identified, left the children aged 1 to 17 at Creighton University Medical Center's emergency room. The law, which went into effect in July, allows caregivers to abandon children at any state-licensed hospital without fear of prosecution. It was initially intended to protect infants — like similar laws in other states — but was amended to include children and teenagers. At least four children between the ages of 11 and 15 have been abandoned by parents since the law took effect. Read the rest at http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlZbpXbUt5CbF3Ra6tEc-6uzzToAD93DPJO84

That sounds great. I'm sure these kids are going to develop into upstanding citizens. .... Actually, they might be better off than with than with their dead beat dad. A law like this is only going to facilitate problems. People need some responsibility so that they won't make dumb decisions( of course, some will still do it anyway).

Abandoning teenagers was not the original intent of the law, Stuthman said Thursday. "People are leaving them off just because they can't control them," he said. "They're probably in no real danger, so it's an easy way out for the caretaker." Caretaker?!?!?! Someone abandons their TEENAGERS at a hospital and you STILL feel PC enough to call them caretakers???!?!?!?! They're called scumbags in my book. And it's probably that they CAN'T control them, but they're probably such huge pieces of garbage that they don't care. I bet those kids weren't dropped off, they probably walked there themselves since if their "Dad" cared so little about them, they decided someone else would. I know we're possibly being watched but people who just dump 9 kids off at a hospital should not exist. They should be found and wiped off this Earth. Just like that story a while back of that man in...I can't remember. Over in the middle east. He decapitated his baby in a supermarket while people just watched. That is worse than scum. That's as bad as you can get pretty much...unless you destroy the entire human race or something. But that doesn't happen all the time, so it's not so much of a problem. People should not be pardoned for abandoning their kids, they should be put to trial for just dumping them off and expecting the state to take care of them. 9 kids....man. That's hardcore dude.