Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there suck a lack of safe haven promotion? No commercials, billboards, etc...

Agreed. They should provide the information to local area high schools are require them to post it as well as posting in any other public building.

Maybe its so poorly advertised bc people hate the idea of abandoned baby .

Or we could start at the other end by supporting comprehensive sex ed and securing reproductive rights, rather than waiting for someone to abandon a baby.

This is a tragedy, though.

Both are done and are more highly marketed then a safe haven sites.

So it would have been commendable for the mother to have aborted the baby?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

Horrible? She was probably a terrified teen-ager who may have delivered her own baby. For all we know this child was the result of a rape and she was also suffering from that trauma. Let's stop the name calling until you have the facts.

Anonymous wrote:The DC safe haven law only applies for the first 7 days of an infant's life. This baby was 2-3 weeks old, apparently. If the time period in the law was extended, could this have been avoided? Everybody in DC should lobby for extending the period under which you can give up your child without questions asked.

Anonymous wrote:What if the mother was being chased by her abusive boyfriend, left the baby on the doorstep hoping to return later when she was safe? But instead the boyfriend murdered her and the baby was no where to be found.

Anonymous wrote:This is slightly off topic, but what is the purpose of so narrowly limiting the age of the baby that can be dropped off under safe haven laws? I mean, I can understand how they don't want people dropping of three year olds, but I looked online and a lot of states limit it to 7 days or so. What sense does that make?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

Horrible? She was probably a terrified teen-ager who may have delivered her own baby. For all we know this child was the result of a rape and she was also suffering from that trauma. Let's stop the name calling until you have the facts.

Even a teenager who was raped and delivered her own child is a horrible mother if she leaves the child outside in freezing weather to die. It doesn't mean that she didn't experience horrible things herself. But leaving a baby to die in the freezing cold makes you a horrible mother.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

Horrible? She was probably a terrified teen-ager who may have delivered her own baby. For all we know this child was the result of a rape and she was also suffering from that trauma. Let's stop the name calling until you have the facts.

Even a teenager who was raped and delivered her own child is a horrible mother if she leaves the child outside in freezing weather to die. It doesn't mean that she didn't experience horrible things herself. But leaving a baby to die in the freezing cold makes you a horrible mother.

It's rare to find a teen who DOES make a good mother. Of the ones I know, THEIR mothers are raising their children. You have no idea what has happened to the person who delivered this baby. And I bet that had YOUR daughter been in this mess, you would have given every excuse in the book to protect her.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

Horrible? She was probably a terrified teen-ager who may have delivered her own baby. For all we know this child was the result of a rape and she was also suffering from that trauma. Let's stop the name calling until you have the facts.

Even a teenager who was raped and delivered her own child is a horrible mother if she leaves the child outside in freezing weather to die. It doesn't mean that she didn't experience horrible things herself. But leaving a baby to die in the freezing cold makes you a horrible mother.

It's rare to find a teen who DOES make a good mother. Of the ones I know, THEIR mothers are raising their children. You have no idea what has happened to the person who delivered this baby. And I bet that had YOUR daughter been in this mess, you would have given every excuse in the book to protect her.

But would you be so ready to put your teen-age daughter in prison for 30-life?

I think there are definetly some good teenage mothers, but there is a world of difference between your average teenage mother and this sort of horror of a mother.

If my teenage daughter left my grandchild out in the freezing cold to die I would be beyond horrified/angry/distraught/etc.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a "safe space" sign on the firehouse near me, but when I went there on another matter, the door was locked and no one ever answered the bell or my knocking. I had to walk around the building, through the garage, and peek into two offices before I found people in the 3rd one. I get the impression that even the public safety personnel don't take it seriously.

Poor little angel. I can only say that she suffered less than she would have if she had survived and stayed with the horrible "mother".

Horrible? She was probably a terrified teen-ager who may have delivered her own baby. For all we know this child was the result of a rape and she was also suffering from that trauma. Let's stop the name calling until you have the facts.

Even a teenager who was raped and delivered her own child is a horrible mother if she leaves the child outside in freezing weather to die. It doesn't mean that she didn't experience horrible things herself. But leaving a baby to die in the freezing cold makes you a horrible mother.

It's rare to find a teen who DOES make a good mother. Of the ones I know, THEIR mothers are raising their children. You have no idea what has happened to the person who delivered this baby. And I bet that had YOUR daughter been in this mess, you would have given every excuse in the book to protect her.

But would you be so ready to put your teen-age daughter in prison for 30-life?

I think there are definetly some good teenage mothers, but there is a world of difference between your average teenage mother and this sort of horror of a mother.

If my teenage daughter left my grandchild out in the freezing cold to die I would be beyond horrified/angry/distraught/etc.