Comments on: Texas HB 683 Seeks to Expand Baby Moses Abandonment Age to 1-year. Why we oppose http://bastards.org/texas-hb-683-seeks-to-expand-baby-moses-abandonment-age-to-1-year-why-we-oppose/ The Adoptee Rights Organization Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marley Greiner http://bastards.org/texas-hb-683-seeks-to-expand-baby-moses-abandonment-age-to-1-year-why-we-oppose/#comment-1114 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:24:49 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=9653#comment-1114 In reply to Libby Harlos.

Hi Libby–Thanks for contacting us. What a great project! Stats are extremely difficult to obtain since either nobody collects them or they are collected haphazardly. It’s a mess. I need to look around a bit. I generally over-source/footnote, but since this was testimony, I didn’t. ugh! I’ve got your email addy and will contact you in a day or two to talk more about this. Have you gone over to my side gig page, Stop Safe Haven Baby Boxes Now! I have over 100 pages of information and blogs. THough it focuses on baby boxes, trad SH is also covered in some places.https://stopshbbnow.org/

]]> By: Libby Harlos http://bastards.org/texas-hb-683-seeks-to-expand-baby-moses-abandonment-age-to-1-year-why-we-oppose/#comment-1113 Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:41:24 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=9653#comment-1113 Hello, thank you for posting this article and sharing the history of safe haven laws in Texas. I am writing a research paper on the effects of safe haven laws in Texas and am looking for sources for statistics regarding the correlation of infant death and infant abandonments. You mentioned in your article a few statistics but I did not see any sources for this. Would you be able to send me the sources for the statistics you mentioned, specifically your statement, ““Studies indicate that about 95 percent of babies killed during the first week of life are not born in hospitals, while only 8 percent of babies killed later in life are born outside of hospitals. Once a concealed pregnancy is acknowledged, and discussed, the danger of discard nearly evaporates. The deaths of older children from abuse or neglect are not connected to concealed pregnancy or birth, and the Safe Haven mission. Outside of the rare revenge or altruistic killing (usually committed by fathers or other men) injuries and deaths are almost always accidental—that is, the mothers, did not plan to harm or kill their children, nor did it occur to them, even in hardcore abuse cases, to turn them over to the state for care. They, in fact, will fight to retain custody when…”

I would greatly appreciate it!

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