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Topic: Safe haven laws

Safe haven laws allow parents to anonymously surrender newborn infants at designated safe locations without fear of criminal prosecution.

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The podcast episodes explore the issue of abandoned babies, highlighting the lack of safe haven laws in the 1980s as a factor in some cases, and the availability of such laws as a potential alternative to dangerous actions.

In Since The Day I Was Born, the lack of safe haven laws in the 1980s is discussed as a reason why three babies were abandoned at birth, leading to their later reunion through DNA testing.

In #275: Teen Threw Baby in Trash Can After Giving Birth in Hospital Bathroom, the availability of safe haven laws in New Mexico is discussed as a potential alternative to the actions taken by the teenager.

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