Policy+Question+II

Consider:
Are "Safe Haven" policies a good idea?

Like many entering freshman, 18-year-old Twyana Davis looked forward to the independence that living in a campus dorm would give her. Nevertheless, Davis's happiness was tempered by another reality: She was pregnant. When the time for the child's birth arrived, Davis delivered the child in her dorm room and placed it in a trash bin just outside her window. Pangs of guilt prompted her to call the campus police and to report "strange noises" coming from the bin in hope that officers would rescue her baby. Thankfully, they did, and Davis ultimately came froward and claimed her child. In an effort to help other young women, Davis put her story into a book called //Sacred Womb// (Davis, 2003) and retold it on //Oprah// and other television programs.

Complexities
Explaining Infant Abandonment. Safe Haven Laws and Their Critics. Advocates' Responses to Critics.

Discuss:
Discuss the question and the issues involved. Give opinions and personal experiences if desired. If you reply to someone else, please be respectful and mindful of the many complexities that surround this question.

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Resources:
For more about Physical Development, Cognitive Development, & Social Development in Infancy see HGD Chapter Four, Five, & Six. See also HGD page 154.

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