A 15-year-old girl was dropped off at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha Tuesday evening, marking the 14th instance that Nebraska's safe haven law has been put to use.
the Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:00 pm
A 15-year-old girl was dropped off at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha Tuesday evening, marking the 14th instance that Nebraska’s safe haven law has been put to use.
The girl’s father left her at the hospital, according to a press release from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. It is believed that the girl is from Nebraska, according to the release.
This is the 14th instance of use of LB157, the safe haven law, and the 22nd child left at a hospital under the law since Sept. 13.
Children left under Nebraska’s safe-haven law
Nebraska’s safe-haven law lets caregivers leave a child of any age at a hospital without fear of prosecution for the abandonment. Since it went into effect on July 18, it has been used to abandon 22 children. Here’s a breakdown:
Sept. 13: 11-year-old boy from Douglas County left at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha; 15-year-old boy from Lancaster County left at Lincoln’s BryanLGH Medical Center West
Sept. 20: 13-year-old girl from Douglas County left at Immanuel Medical Center
Sept. 24: unrelated 15- and 11-year-old boys from Douglas County left at Immanuel Medical Center; nine siblings from Douglas County ranging in age from 1 to 17 left at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha
Oct. 5: 12-year-old boy Douglas County left at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha; 12-year-old boy from Lancaster County left at Lincoln’s BryanLGH Medical Center West.
Oct. 7: 14-year-old girl from Council Bluffs, Iowa, left at Creighton University Medical Center.
Oct. 13: 13-year-old boy from the Detroit, Mich., area left at Creighton University Medical Center.
Wednesday: 17-year-old boy from Douglas County left at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha.
Saturday: 12-year-old boy from the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, Ga., left at BryanLGH Medical Center East in Lincoln.
Monday: 15-year-old girl from Douglas County left at Creighton University Medical Center.
Tuesday: 15-year-old girl believed to be from Nebraska left at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha.
By the Associated Press
Source: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services