Call me grumpy

As you all probably know, Nebraska finally adopted a safe haven law. Last year when I was talking about this, they were one of two states in the entire country that had no safe haven law in place. The nitwits that passed this very important piece of legislature left the age limit at 18 years old. People have been taking advantage of this something terrible: there was a man who brought in 9 of his children, a woman drove from Michigan to drop off her teen etc. So, shamefaced and freaking out, the people in charge went back and amended the law to make the age limit up to 3 days old. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_us/safe_haven
Basically, you have to make up your mind before you leave the hospital. It was one of the most lenient and now is one of the strictest. I have a couple of thoughts on this. It pisses me off it took this long for the lawmakers to realize that the law was needed. I mean, seriously, every other state in the union recognizes the need. And what special kind of stupid does it take to make the law up to 18 years with no threat of prosecution and not expect some serious repercussions? Of course there is going to be people taking advantage of the no-prosecution-dumping ground for teens. OBVIOUSLY there are people who can't cope with kids. Should these children be forced to stay where they are abused, neglected or sometimes killed? But then they also are prosecuting the parents that are trying to use the law. When they made the law, they should have made an age limit of like 6 months or something and then came up with a solution for the older children that was still free from prosecution. I think people should be held responsible for the children they make, mothers and fathers, BUT there are situations where people are left feeling overwhelmed and make really poor decisions. I believe there should be something these people can do to make a better situation for everyone concerned that doesn't involve being arrested.