Lawmakers agree to cap child's drop-off age to no more than 3 days old
LINCOLN, Neb. - Stung by the abandonment of children as old as 17 at Nebraska hospitals, the governor and lawmakers struck a deal Monday to rewrite the state's "safe haven" law so it applies only to infants up to three days old.
A rash of drop-offs in recent months, particularly those of teenagers and from out of state, thrust the state into the national spotlight. The law was ridiculed on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend.
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