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Oct. 27, 2008: BryanLGH Medical Center East is seen in Lincoln, Neb. A 12-year-old from the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, Ga., was dropped off by his mother at the hospital on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, under Nebraska's unique safe haven law.
Nov. 12, 2008: A mother who left her 18 year-old daughter at a Nebraska hospital holds her daughter's pet cat, Patches, as she stands in her daughter's room, in Lincoln, Neb.
Nov. 12, 2008: A mother who left her 18 year-old daughter at a Nebraska hospital looks at a photograph in her daughter's room, in Lincoln, Neb.
Robert Blodgett his wife Celeste, background, pose with their four sons, from left to right, Garrett, 12, Zachary, 14, Matthew, 9, and Mark, 7, at their home in El Cajon, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2008. Robert Blodgett feels that Nebraska's safe haven law is appalling and says abandoning teens is simply not an option. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Oct. 29, 2008: Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha speaks in Lincoln, Neb., at a news conference in which Neb. Gov. Dave Heineman announced that he had called a special session of the legislature to fix the state's safe-haven law.
Oct. 29, 2008: Nebraska's governor Dave Heineman, with Todd Landry, director of children and family services at Nebraska's Health and Human Services, left, announced that he had called a special session of the legislature to fix the state's "safe haven" law.