In New Jersey the first baby was turned over within days of the law going into effect. Those are children who might not have lived without this law. There are so many people out there who would love to have these children. Their life does not have to end in tragedy. These laws may do very little to solve the problem and virtually nothing to prevent it.
Child abandonment is just a small blip on the screen of child abuse, murder, and neglect.
1,100 children under 12 months of age, die in American homes each year. It is true that these laws will do nothing to protect those children. Safe havens won t solve the problem. In fact, they may be little more than putting a band-aid on a bullet wound in the large picture of things. But if it saves the life of one child who might have otherwise been left in a dumpster or something equally as awful, then the law is worth every effort it has been given.