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I wondered the same thing, yes. I guess the past DC leadership thought if Maryland and Virginia had it, DC women could easily cross the borders with their unwanted babies.....?

Why are you getting on Fenty? He just got here. LoL He was probably unaware just like I was. I'm usually on top of DC laws. I'm pretty sure the Safe Haven law will change though.

Starrman, drop the word "responsibility" from your vocabulary. I honestly don't think it exists any longer in this country. Having said that, I agree people should take responsibility for their actions. When it comes to a mother who cannot/does not want to care for her child, we have to think first about the child's welfare. DC needs to enact a bill similar to that of their neighbors and the sooner the better.

Starrman, I do agree that the parents should take care of their responsibilities. We SHOULD NOT drop the word from our vocabulary we need to enforce it in our vocabulary. The blame is not with Fenty or with not having a bill, the responsibility is with the parents that breed unwanted children then crowd up an already overcrowded foster system. The law should be, if you make a baby, you need to take care of it. If you don't, you go to jail.

Starrman, its not just teens that are having unwanted babies, its grown folks as well. Instead of building a baseball stadium for a losing team, they should have built a treatment center for pregnant women that need the help. DC sure has its priorities right.

tcfmva, that is an unfortunate truth in today's society and until we do something about it, it shall continue. What is also unfortunate is that Baseball and school athletic fields are more important issues in DC.

5000 abortions a week, if that was not enough now you want women to carry them to term and dump them on society and called the non-exsistent father qas the problem.

lets feel sorry for the killers

Maleshavinist, the purpose of safe havens is not to encourage pregnancy or carrying babies to full term so that they can burden society (Too many do that with or without such a law). It is to avoid having these "babies having babies" from giving birth then discarding the newborn into a wastebasket or dumpster like they are useless trash. That is why such a law only pertains to infants less than 48 hours old...after 48 hours, the mother probably can't hide the fact that she has given birth and so will not likely commit such a travesty. It does nothing to discourage irresponsible sexual behavior, it's intentions are good as it is heartbreaking to hear on the news that an infant was found dead discarded in a dumpster somewhere. Even with the law, there have been a few cases where a "mother" (using this term loosely) still dicarded her baby and in these cases there is no leniancy or excuses on why a young girl would resort to such an act as she had a humane option.