As a person who was dropped off somewhere as a baby, I completely love this, this can help many babies live a full filling life tbh.
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why can't you drop it off if it's older than a month? what if I want to drop off my 4-year-old
Yeah, and what's the latest I can pick them up? 11:00?
There once was a state with no age limit and people were driving tens of hours to drop 15/16 year olds off. Which they didn't have enough resources to handle.
that's completely fucked actually
But, but I don't even have a baby.
Drop by a fire station, you might be able to pick one up!
But aren't fire stations kind of heavy?
Ah, the ol' lemmy switcheroo!
TIL the US has free child care.
Where do you think firemen co.e from?
Toddlers are perfect for getting in all the small fiery caverns which the grown firemen can't fit into.
From what height am I allowed to drop off my child?
/s
Depends. How high are you?
;-)
No it is: Hi, how are you?
What about Puerto Rico?
read the page
it says that all states, dc, and puerto rico
Reasonable. Now who's gonna bet that some dip shit in Washington makes it illegal because "mothers should face the consequences of their decisions" or some bullshit.Β
Call me a cynical old bitch but when the US does something reasonable I always think "how they gonna fuck it up this time?"
Reasonable for the mother. The baby is rolling the dice.
Healthy babies are in high demand for adoption, so the odds are good, but not perfect, and its a terrible system to get stuck in, at least in my state.
Healthy babies are in high demand
Healthy white babies are in high demand.
True, if you aren't white, the decision is gonna be a lot harder.
And people are going to use that argument to get rid of safe haven zones.
Can you drop off your baby, once a month, for a couple of hours on a date night?
Nah, I was thinking something along the lines of the Right saying that Young mothers are abandoning their kids because "they're selfish" or "they are avoiding responsibility" so some state passes a law that states that abandoned kids get DNA tested and traced back to their mothers so they can be forced to raise kids they can't afford/can't raise "to protect the family".
The US has a track record of fucking over women and girls, what with their war against contraception, abortion, adequate child care, etc. It wouldn't surprise me if the next move is "stop women giving kids up for adoption" under the guise of "protecting the family" or "personal responsibility" or some shit, but in reality is just a way to create cheap labour from underpaid women with a mouth to feed.
KY is making abortion pills controlled substances, like heroin. Women must be punished apparently
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