POLICY PAPER
THE SAFE HAVEN for ABANDONED BABIES ACT
A.K.A
DANIEL'S LAW

My internship is being done at the Orangeburg County Department of Social Services (DSS). The policy I will be referring to in this policy paper will be section 20-7-85, which is the safe haven for abandoned babies act. This act is better known by the name of Daniel's Law. Daniel's Law is relatively new policy at DSS and new law in South Carolina; it's designed to provide a safe haven for abandoned babies. Its name derives from a nurse whom cared for an infant boy, that she named "Daniel," as he recovered in the hospital. Daniel survived after being buried in a landfill soon after birth.
Similar to Daniel, other babies are born to women in calamity. Some of these babies are left alone, abandoned by mothers who don't plan to return or provide for their care. Although abandoned babies have always been an issue in this country, states have criminal and child abuse laws to address it, this growing......

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