Dad Abandons Nine Kids At Nebraska Hospital »
Posted By Crosswind1 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsOn Wednesday night, a Nebraska father left his nine children at Creighton University Medical Center, citing the state's new "Safe Haven" law. The law was meant to protect newborns and infants from harm, but since its inception, older children have been the ones left at hospitals. The children left at Creighton Wednesday night ranged in age from one to seventeen years old, and are now in state custody. To learn more about Nebraska's Safe Haven law, take a look at the CBS News video below.
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liswiggles1 year, 1 month ago
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plainsmart1 year, 1 month ago
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I think we need more comprehensive analysis of this tragedy. If only the Nebraska Legislature had really thought this through. It seems obvious to me that the people leaving all these kids at Nebraska Hospitals are desperate & probably hopeless. The Health & Human Services are dreadfully inadequate or unhelpful. But, we have a surplus! The law NEVER should have been passed as was.
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If people really want to get to solutions, they will need to accept readily available family planning services of ALL kinds,to males AND females of all ages, upon request. This includes birth control, abortion, adoption subsidies (if needed). People do not really have control over their reproduction with the impediments the so-called pro-lifers have gotten into the laws. Talk about intrusive government! All of the limitations to reproductive health access should be stripped from the books so this becomes a private, family matter again for all people, not just Sarah Palin's daughter.
Public money SHOULD pay for sterilization ON REQUEST of the person, birth control, and subsidized adoption as needed. AND, public money should be used to shape up the Nebraska HHS so it is held accountable to provide modern, up to date services to all those real humans they are responsible for serving.
I can't imagine what their lives are like to drop off 9 kids as the solution. Unicameral - get back to the drawing boards. -
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wishforfuture1 year, 1 month ago
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Can you just imagine how many more times this will happen if Palin is elected as VP and, gasp, were to become president? WE desperately need to educate people to accept the idea of birth control.
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This is sad. Both parents need to be chased down and brought to justice; this is a misinterpretation of a decent law. Poor kids. All nine are going to be scarred for life.
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msksgrl1 year, 1 month ago
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Maybe the mother has passed away and the father couldn't raise the kids all on his own. Maybe the father felt he had no other choice and that someone else could give them a better home and a better chance at an education and future.
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It's always so easy to pass judgement on others' situations without being fully informed. I am grateful that the father did what he did rather than abandoning them in another (worse) manner, or taking their lives as we have all read about other parents doing. It is obvious that the father loves them or he wouldn't have made sure they were safe. Yes, there are loopholes in the law, but thank goodness these and the other kids weren't left on the side of the road somewhere. -
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conniehorne1 year, 1 month ago
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Everyone is missing the point here folks. How about if we hold the man accountable for his actions??? First - why the hell did he sire 9 kids? Doesn't he know how to use birth control. There are rubbers on every street corner. And second, is this his way of being free of these kids so he can go knock up some other woman? Lets call him exactly what he is AN F..... LOSER!!
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Tangent0011 year, 1 month ago
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"Pray they get in a stable enviroment."
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Nice sentiment, but unless you're willing to PAY for them to get into a stable environment, it won't happen. Republicans have largely gutted our federal safety nets, so local governments are forced to take up the slack. Since this is a high-profile case, it is likely someone will set up a donation fund for them. Sadly, the prognosis for most abandoned children is far from rosy.
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lowfatlife1 year, 1 month ago
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Disgusting parent. The politicians pay incapable black, white, red and green people to have children through welfare (also so their party eventually gets more votes). But the rest of us are stuck with inept young people without caring parents or parents who are unable to bring up their children but receive more money for each child they have, millions in prison, and even more who are crime victims. Then we wonder why the crime rate is so high. I'm voting for McCain because terrorism is more important than abortion, but abortion within the first tri should be free and without guilt.
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JER1 year, 1 month ago
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Voting for McCain will increase the number of children to mothers who won't be able to have the choice for an abortion, and then the foster care system will become over burden. Would you take in 9 kids to keep them together? Really think long term before you state you'll vote for someone that will take away choice for women in this country and increase the number of children the government will have to take care of...juat imagine that for a moment. Sounds like a real conflict of intelligent thought.
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Grandmother-131 year, 1 month ago
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The killing of ANY child is murder. Weather it is the 1st trimester or not. It is still a child and abortion is still a killing of a child. I thank God that the father had enough thought to save his children. Weather it be from abuse or finacial. Did you live with this family to know what is really going on? Just be glad that the children are safe.
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toph19731 year, 1 month ago
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Ugh. Someone always has to beat the anti abrotion drum whenever possible. There are much more important issues in this country, so please spare us your ranting and stick to the topic. How Un-American you are to think that you have some sort of right to take away someone elses freedom.
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
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GAWD! Where do you people receive your educations??? Will you knock off the crap about Americans who feel a sense of responsibility toward those who have hard times? AND WTF is this "inept children' nonsense?
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Dreammaker1771 year, 1 month ago
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I am a crime victim and was laid up for three months. My 5 year old daughter took care of me and my 2 year old son. I am blessed for the help from my daughter. Children are a blessing and should be treated as such. It is sad that some one could give up a child so easily. We all struggle with life and rising cost, but all in all we survive. There has to be a better way then to give up a child.
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trshiers1 year, 1 month ago
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While I don't disagree that this is a horrible thing and that people who don't want kids shouldn't have had them in the first place, we don't know what this father was going through. Maybe he didn't feel he could care for the kids anymore on his own and wanted them to be placed in a safe and loving environment. He could have been addicted to drugs, laid off from his job and unable to find work, having mental problems or any other sort of issue that he was ashamed of and that prevented him from being able to parent these kids. It's a shame and I'm sure it's horrible for the kids but he did do the responsible thing- it's better than murdering them or just running away and abandoning them in an unsafe spot. They were put in good hands and hopefully someone will be able to take them in and get them help to deal with what happened as I'm sure they'll need it!
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kmd19861 year, 1 month ago
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There has probably been a recent change in circumstances that led to these children being given up. I'm wondering if the mother passed away since/shortly before the new law was passed. Or maybe the single(?) father recently lost his well-paying job and the house has been foreclosed on. I know I could be totally off base, but perhaps if the story were presented differently people would be kinder and less likely to assume the worst.
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maxnfrankie1 year, 1 month ago
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at Last, someone with some compassion and not assuming the worst. I agree, this man, that we know nothing about could have been going thru a wide variety of stressors, as you stated. I for one, want to believe that he had reached the end of his rope, after really really trying to keep his family together. He made a decision, that in America, you would think, no one would have to make. Having that many children,one would hope he had an extended family and a wife, that worked together to raise the children the best that they could. Our society as a whole has broken down, family members move to other cities or states, maybe, barely able to take care of their own family, let alone help a relative. We wonder and accuse the man of having TOO many children. Maybe his family is religious.Do we also assume this man is a man of color. From some of the posts, it seems that people assume he's of low calibre, lazy,etc.....Our economy is in the toilet, I believe, we haven't seen anything yet. And our next President, no matter who it is, will need to be a Miracle Worker, it's going to be a rough ride. I pray for this man's family and for all of us. If you haters out there consider yourself good,christian Americans, then Act like it...stop being so mean and judgemental and say a prayer for this family and all families going through hard times. We're suppossed to be the most generous of people, that's what our leaders like to tell us, but from reading these posts, I think not.
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neutralx1 year, 1 month ago
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You'd think it would have been cheaper to buy a couple condoms than to take care of kids for 17years before deciding he couldn't handle them. That's just a lazy way for him to abuse a law that is meant for the good of children. what a waste of humanity. now he's free to go start again.
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actressdancer1 year, 1 month ago
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And for all you know the father was perfectly capable of taking care of the kids for the last 17 years. For all you know he had a well paying job. For all you know his world turned upside down recently and it was not something he foresaw 17 years ago when he chose not to use a comdom.
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jennifr3131 year, 1 month ago
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It's sad when you hear stories like this, but it's also hopeful in knowing that there are some parents who would rather give their children up, safely, than harm or neglect them, and that there are laws in place for them to do so. I feel for these children but disagree with this man being a monster! I hear about children being abused and neglected far too often at work and in the media to scrutinize a parent who is known only to have left his children in a place designated for such in an attempt to keep children safe. Yes it's hard for many people, including parents, to think "who could do such a thing?!" but I think that attitude makes it more difficult for desperate parents to give their children away in a safe manner. I'd rather hear this story any day over one about nine children left for dead, abused, or drowned in a river! Just a thought...
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Lisee1 year, 1 month ago
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The parents should never have had 9 children if they couldn't cope with a family that size. I think that after having 3 you would know if you could handle any more kids, mentally, physically and financially. Shame on them. Sad part of this story is that these kids are now left scarred for the rest of their lives. String Mom and Dad up!
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ECteacher1 year, 1 month ago
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Ok, while I agree with you...lets visit other possibilities. Maybe all of them are not his. Maybe it was a combined marriage, he was a widower, so he has no one else to leave the kids with...and she was married to a deadbeat so she had no one either. Then say his current wife died...he is torn apart. He can't hold it together...he loses his job, and sinks into deeper despair. He sees leaving his children as an act of love...
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Here is what I don't get...I don't see how homeless people...or this man...don't have relatives who will help. The people in New Orleans didn't leave and waited for someone to help. They didn't take care of their own families either...some people say they would do anything and everything to keep their kids and so would I. I would have started walking the day I heard there was a hurricane too if I didn't have any other way out.
It is difficult for me to understand people who cannot help themselves but I guess it is part of society.
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katzhowse1 year, 1 month ago
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My heart goes to those children. I was an abandoned child at 8 and remember the pain and torture I went through trying to understand what happened to my life and my parents. I only hope they are able to stay or visit their siblings and end up in a good foster home. I had a few bad ones and ended up with a great family and my only brother and I were adopted by them. I send my love and care to those children. Those types of parents should be sterilized to never be able to have anymore children they are not capable of taking care of.
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havingathoughthere1 year, 1 month ago
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I highly doubt this man woke up one morning and decided to abandon his children. Such acts are committed out of desperation, lack of hope, lack of help, and fear. I only hope the kids can stay together in order to support one another. Or at the very least are able to remain in touch with each other.
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Don't judge this person until you have walked a mile in his shoes.
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dardar1201691 year, 1 month ago
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maybe the mother just passed away and the father is having a hard time dealing with it and this is his way of taking care of his children. Maybe it doesn't have anything to do with whether or not he should have used condoms because he couldn't financially support them. Maybe it was a loving home and they were able to take care of all of them until recently. No one should judge him unless they walk in his shoes. You don't know his what happened to arise to this. I commend him for making that difficult decision to take his children there. Like others have said, it's better than murdering them or leaving them to fend for themselves.
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PainGoddess1 year, 1 month ago
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NINE kids? Did he even think about trying to control the amount of children he sired? Where is the grandparents or relatives to help? He needs to be sterilized though. Some people are just out there. I mean NINE kids? Where/who in the heck is the mother?
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mb601781 year, 1 month ago
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I am looking at the other side of the coin, MAYBE, these parents loved their family very much, MAYBE something happened and the mother is deceased or very ill. MAYBE the father was doing the best he could BUT lost his job and with nowhere to go, thought it would be better to give his kids a fighting chance. I can not believe you raise children for 17 years and one day you wake up and decide you don't want kids anymore. There has to be more to this then we know. In depression times my grandfather was dropped off at an orphanage because his parents could no longer care for him. MAYBE this is similar, we are so quick to jump to the negative...
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MissManners1 year, 1 month ago
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How sad that people are praising him for not opting to murder his children. It's on par with rewarding teens for NOT doing drugs or driving drunk... you should be doing the RIGHT thing without praise or reward.
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I have chosen to be childless & am the happiest person I know, and yet people are always criticizing my choice & questioning it. But if more people were thoughtful about their decision to reproduce, a lot of innocent kids would be spared terrible lives with terrible parents.-
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mb601781 year, 1 month ago
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How sad that you had such an awful life to not want children, I am glad you decided not to have children, most people are not that selfish and want to share a life with children, so you should be praised for being selfish enough to know you can not care for another as much as you love yourself. You have saved a child from a life of misery.
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kriley8241 year, 1 month ago
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Until the full story comes out, there is no way you can judge anyone about this. The kids are safer there than if they had been deserted at a home with no food or money. The story in the paper was so brief and gave us nothing that it was one of the dumbest links I have ever clicked.
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ztrhaas1 year, 1 month ago
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He did the right thing if he could no longer take care of them.
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Some people would have been afraid to do something like that exactly because of some of the criticisms i'm reading right here. it's better that he did that than for something worse to have happened to those children. He didn't leave them in a dumpster somewhere or out on the side of the road. No, i think he displayed that he loved them by leaving them in a safe environment. In the Bible, was Moses' mother a bad person when she placed Moses in a basket and set him afloat? No, she did it for his own safety. This is a slightly different situation, but how do we know if this father was only doing this for his children's safety and well-being. I wish all parents who are unable to care for their children would leave them in such a safe place rather than harm them. -
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