Nebraska lawmakers approve age limit for safe-haven law

Saturday, November 22, 2008

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children -- including teenagers as old as 17 -- to be abandoned at state hospitals.

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