Important Answers to Important Questions
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN “NO QUESTIONS ASKED! ”?
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No one will ask you any questions at all, not even your name. An employee of an emergency service provider can not demand or require that you answer their questions before they take your newborn. It is against the law for someone to make you answer any questions while you are giving up your baby. This law is not intended to refuse or reject a biological parent who wants to give up their baby. However, if the baby appears to have been harmed you are required by law to give your name, refusal can lead to being put in jail. If you want to volunteer information about you, your health, your family or the baby you can. If you would like to write a letter or leave a note for the baby so he can read it when it gets older you can.
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CAN YOU HELP PREGNANT FEMALES? BEFORE THEY GET TO THIS STAGE? AND WHAT ALTERNATIVES, OPTIONS OR OTHER CHOICES DO WE HAVE?
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Yes We Can!
If you are pregnant, scared, afraid, or confused and don’t know what to do, hiding or keeping your pregnancy a secret please find someone to talk to. Although it may be difficult and hard but not talking at all about your pregnancy can lead to your newborn’s death and a situation you’ll regret for the rest of your life! Your baby’s health is very important even if you are not keeping the baby. Please contact us with the confidence that everything you tell us is will remain confidentail.
We hope that a child bearing female doesn’t wait until she is in a crisis where the newborn is abandoned in an unsafe, unclean, unhealthy environment where the infant life is threaten or jeopardized. We also hope that the information provided in this brochure will give a parent or parents to be the strength and courage to speak with someone whether it’s a teacher, or friend, if they do not want their child.
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WHY WOULD A PERSON ABANDON THEIR BABY?
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There are many reasons, why a female keeps her pregnancy a secret and then abandoned her baby:
1. She is scared, nervous, confused, ashamed and embarrassed, don’t want to disappoint her family and peers.
2. In denial, do not want to deal with the responsibility, scared to have an abortion or can’t afford to have one.
3. She may feel unwanted, neglected and doesn’t have the support of her family.
4. Pressured by the father of the child telling her to get rid of “IT”.
5. Another reason why people abandoned their babies is because they might be economically
challenge, or already have other children and can’t afford another child.
6. The birth mother or child and sometimes both might be suffering from drug and alcohol addictions, diseases such as: HIV/AIDS, physical and or mental challenges.
7. Other reasons might that the birth parent/parents don’t want the responsibility of the baby.
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WHERE CAN I LEAVE MY BABY?
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Currently AND Legally, the only place you can abandon your baby in the State of Nevada, is at any FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL or BIRTHING CLINIC. YOU CAN ALSO DIAL 911 FOR EMS.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME IF I ABANDON MY BABY?
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If you abandon your baby the legal way as mentioned above in the section entitled THE LAW, there will be NO legal actions taken against you.
You always have a choice to make, a safe and healthy decision for your baby before he/she is born. Most importantly, please make a healthy and safe decision for your baby deliver him or her safe and unharmed.
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| I’M EMBARRASSED AND I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO SEE MY FACE, IS THERE A WAY I CAN ABANDON THE BABY WITHOUT SOMEONE LOOKING AT ME? |
Yes. In Nevada, you can take the baby to one of the legal locations mentioned above and leave the baby inside of the building unharmed, in a safe place where the baby’s life will not be endangered. Then you must immediately call the same legal location where you left the baby and tell them exactly where the baby is. Remember it must be a very, very safe area for the baby. If you do not call afterward, you have abandoned your baby illegally and you will be prosecuted.
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HOW OLD CAN THE BABY BE?
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The Safe Haven Law, for the state of Nevada, requires the baby must not be more than 30days old.
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DO I NEED ID, A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR ME OR THE BABY?
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NO! No documents are needed.
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MY CHILD IS OLDER THAN 30 DAYS, I DON’T WANT HIM/HER WHAT SHOULD I DO?
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First do not harm the child and don’t leave the child unattended, call Child Protective Services and go for counseling.
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SUPPOSE I CHANGE MY MIND AND I WANT MY BABY BACK, WHAT THEN?
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You only have a limited time to reclaim your baby, after that all of your rights to that child are terminated as the mother/parent. If you decide that you want your baby back you should contact Child Protective Services immediately, the longer you wait the less likely you’ll get the baby back. If you have changed your mind you must try to get the baby back as soon as possible, almost immediately; don't wait weeks or months. You also must have given your address at the time of abandonment because by not doing so you have given up any and all parental rights and chances to ever to seeing your child again!
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WHAT HAPPENS TO MY BABY ONCE I ABANDON THE BABY LEGALLY?
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If the NEWBORN is abandoned at the hospital the baby will given a examination and a series of tests to determine if the child is healthy, a social worker will be notified and child protective services will be called, then placed in either foster care, a private or state affiliated home, adoptive parent(s) will be sought. The newborn will be adoptive as soon as possible. If the NEWBORN is abandoned at the fire department or at any other legal destinations, the newborn will be taken to a hospital and the above procedure follow.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO CHILD ABANDONMENT,
PLEASE GIVE US A CALL 702-205-9035.
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DO I HAVE TO CALL BEFORE I BRING THE BABY?
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No, a parent does not have to call before they abandon the baby. The parents can bring the baby in at any time. You can walk right in at anytime whether it’s day or night.
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WHAT IS TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS?
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A short while after you abandon your baby the courts will declare that you no longer are the parent of the newborn. You will not be able to make any decisions for the child and the baby is freed for adoption.
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ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC HOURS THAT I CAN LEAVE MY BABY?
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week at any hospital or fire department.
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Abandoned Babies© takes a proactive approach to save
the precious lives of innocent children.
This awareness program was created to inform, and add hope to an otherwise hopeless situation for both mother and child. Now a biological parent can make a well informed and educated decision, as a result of this campaign. What is best for both child and parent varies according to each individual and their unique situation, but preserving the life and safety of the newborn is ultimate.
Again, If you are pregnant and hiding, tell someone and get help immediately don’t wait! Every child deserves a chance to life and an opportunity to live life to the fullest.
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