BOSTON – You managed to score tickets to the big show, but something unexpected came up and you can't go. Now what?
You could try to resell them, or give them to a friend – unless you purchased restricted paperless tickets that require the purchaser to present their credit card to gain entry to the venue. In that case, you're often stuck, and critics say that's not fair.
The newborn boy abandoned in a nativity display at a New York City church last week lucked out. His mother bought towels at a 99 Cents Only Store to keep him warm, and then left him in the manger to be found. But many abandoned babies aren't so lucky. Every year, hundreds are dumped in the trash, left to die in the cold, or killed by panicked new mothers.
All 50 states have safe-haven laws to prevent this, but too few women know about them. These laws allow mothers to surrender their newborns at a police station, firehouse or hospital — no questions asked — without risk of disclosure or prosecution.
