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 PRINTABLE PAGE Teen Mother Who Abandoned Baby Will Be Sentenced To Juvenile Center By Jon Burstein, Staff WriterOriginally published by the Sun-Sentinel, November 28, 2001 Minutes before jury selection was to begin in her attempted second-degree murder trial, a teenage…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Stalemate Traps Dead Baby’s Parents Pair Paying for Delaware’s Abandonment Legacy, Some Say By Tom Jackman, Washington Post Staff WriterOriginally published in the Washington Post, May 6, 2001 Two young people from the Northern Virginia suburbs. A vivacious,…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Murder Charges Denounced: N.Va. Parents Face Bias, Backers Say By Tom Jackman, Washington Post Staff WriterOriginally published in the Washington Post, August 11, 2001 More than 100 supporters of the Northern Virginia couple who abandoned a baby in…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Newborn Left At Hospital By Holly AngeloOriginally published in the Union-News, February 9, 2002 SPRINGFIELD — At first, the staff on duty at 3 a.m. yesterday at Wesson Women and Infant’s Unit at Baystate Medical Center thought the…

 PRINTABLE PAGE With Discarded Baby, Horrible Sense of Failure By Jenny Staletovich, Palm Beach Post Staff WriterOriginally published in The Palm Beach Post, June 3, 2001 WEST PALM BEACH — One day this winter, a frightened teenager gave birth in…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Infant Law Relies on Exposure By Eric Dyer, Raleigh Bureau News & RecordOriginally published in the News & Record, July 8, 2001 Within less than a year, authorities in the Houston area racked up a grim tally—13 babies…

 PRINTABLE PAGE Recent Case Puts New Twist on Drive For Safe Haven Legislation By Jennifer PeterOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 7, 2002 BOSTON (AP) — In many ways, it was a success story. The father of an unwanted…