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Worst fears come true with Neb. safe haven law


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Experts disagree on safe haven laws
Sen. Ernie Chambers, who cast the lone vote against the law, said Friday that lawmakers will be forced to revisit a bad bill.

“I knew it would have broad results, and they would have to come back and readdress the issue,” he said.

Nebraska was the last state to adopt a safe-haven law. Most other states have focused their laws on protecting infants.

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For years, child-welfare experts have disagreed about whether safe-haven laws reduce the total number of abandoned children.

Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and an opponent of safe-haven laws, said he’s never seen anything like what’s happening in Nebraska.

“What we’re seeing is the unfolding of a policy that wasn’t well thought-out,” he said.

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