DELAWARE ACTION ALERT

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ABORN ACTION ALERT
Contact: Michelle Konieczny, editor@taap.8k.com
ABORN Organization http://www.aborn.org
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Delaware "Safe Arms for Babies" Bill goes to Senate
HB 120 to Legalize Infant Abandonment

Delaware House Bill 120 nicknamed the "Safe Arms for Babies" Bill was passed out of the Senate Health and Social Services Committee yesterday, Wednesday, May 16, 2001 and according to committee chair Sen. Patricia M. Blevins it will be up for a vote when the Senate returns in June. HB 120 would make it legal for parents to leave their newborn (Approx. 14 days or younger) with a volunteer or other Hospital Emergency Room worker without facing abandonment or endangerment charges.

ABORN Organization encourages Delaware residents to contact their Senators and let them know that the only acceptable vote on this proposed legislation is a resounding, "NO"!

The full text including amendments can be read here: Delaware HB120
NOTE: when you go to this page click on the Legis.html link to read the amended version which will be voted on.

Important points to include in correspondance on this subject include the following:

1. Legalized Abandonment violates a child/person's legal, civil. human and Constitutional right to identity, heritage information and familial medical history. The results of this could be life-threatening as a complete medical history is an absolute necessity in order to receive proper medical care not only during childhood but throughout a person's life.

2. Legalized Abandonment trumps, most often, a Father's right to know not only of the existence of his child, but also violates the rights afforded to them under State and Federal Law as it pertains to Relinquishment and Parental Rights.

3. Legalized Abandonment grossly violates current State and Federal Laws regarding termination of parental rights and current adoption laws including but not limited to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

4. Legalized Abandonment allows for the committance of gross fraud as there are no measures taken to assure that the person abandoning said child is indeed that person's lawful parent/guardian.

5. Legalized Abandonment has never been proven as an effective deterrent against the social problem of infant abandonment. In fact in the year following the enactment of the Texas "Baby Dump" laws, not ONE child was rescued under the law. Despite numerous states following suit and enacting their own "Baby Dump" laws, babies continue to be found abandoned outside the regulations of said laws.

NOTE: those without email addresses MAY be able to receive email by writing to them using the following format: first initial followed by last name @legis.state.de.us
Example: Sen. John Doe = jdoe@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Thurman G. Adams, Senate Majority Leader (D-19th)
302.744.4117 (Leg. Hall Office)

Sen. Steven H. Amick, Senate Minority Leader (R-10th)
302.744.4138 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8714 (Outside Office)
email: samick@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Patricia M. Blevins (D-7th)
302.744.4133 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8542 (Outside Office)
email: pblevins@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Cathering A. Cloutier (R-5th)
302.744.4137 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8714 (Outside Office)
email: cloutiercathy@aol.com

Sen. Dorinda A. Conner (R-12th)
302.744.4164 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8714 (Outside Office)

Sen. Anthony J. DeLuca (D-11th)
302.744.4165 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8542 (Outside Office)
email: adeluca@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Margaret Rose Henry (D-2nd)
302.744.4191 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8719 (Outside Office)

Sen. Robert I. Marshall, Senate Majority Whip (D-3rd)
302.744.4168 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8744 (Outside Office)

Sen. David B. McBride (D-13th)
302.744.4167 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8744 (Outside Office)
email: dmcbride@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Harris B. McDowell III (D-1st)
302.744.4147 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8744 (Outside Office)
email: hmcdowell@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Thomas B. Sharp, Presiden Pro Tempore (D-9th)
302.744.4163 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8744 (Outside Office)

Sen. F. Gary Simpson (R-18th)
302.744.4134 (Leg. Hall Office)
email: gsimpson@udel.edu

Sen. David B. Sokola (D-8th)
302.744.4139 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8719 (Outside Office)
email: dsokola@legis.state.de.us

Sen. Liane M. Sorenson, Senate Minority Whip (R-6th)
302.744.4136 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8714 (Outside Office)
email: lsorenson@legis.state.de.us

Sen. John C. Still III (R-17th)
302.744.4162 (Leg. Hall Office)
email: DFGgroup@aol.com

Sen. Dallas Winslow (R-4th)
302.744.4135 (Leg. Hall Office)
302.577.8714 (Outside Office)
email: dwinslow@legis.state.de.us

For helpful hints when writing to legislators please see the following link: http://taap.8k.com/alerts/
and scroll to the bottom. Information includes proper way to address letters to Legislative Officials.

For more information on the subject of Legal Abandonment be sure to see the following links:

BN position paper on Legal Abandonment:
http://www.bastards.org/activism/legalized-abandonment.html
(although ABORN does not endorse some of BNs positions/policies their position paper on this subject
outlines most of our concerns as well.)

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