Dad Dumps Nine Kids Under Nebraska Safe Haven Law

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Suzy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:27:02 GMT

How can we help this man and his family?

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Heil Mary — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:59:44 GMT

This man was at his wits end because the LAST CHILDBIRTH KILLED HIS WIFE. His avoidable tragedy proves contraception and abortion SAVE MOTHERS and keep families together. He should be the poster dad for reproductive choice. I wonder if his wife was warned by doctors that another pregnancy would finish her. I'd like to know if religion bullied her out of common sense.

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Heil Mary — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:59:44 GMT

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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:07:33 GMT

Why did this have to become an issue of big families? THIS particular father had nine children and chose to abandon them for unknown reasons. It is really unfair for you to make a blanket statement about big families. There are people with small families who can't care for their kids just like there are people with big families who do just fine. That's not really the issue here.

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Lori S. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:18:49 GMT

You don't need to have a *big* family to face "buying diapers for one kid and tampons for another," etc. I always thought that my family's strategy of spacing kids apart was way more sane than the folks who had a new baby just when their first kid was hitting the terrible twos...

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Em — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:25:58 GMT

I agree that if a stock photo is used, it should be clearly stated so that it is clear that the photo is not of the subjects of the story.

I disagree about the race issue. Why is it any more (or less) offensive for one race to be used than another? I didn't see the picture, but I, for one, wouldn't have even thought to consider the race of the family.

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Lindsey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:52:21 GMT

Ditto on the picture, Knitty. I think it was a bad call.

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DSF — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:49:34 GMT

Good point, knitty. Obviously there was just a search done for "nine children" or "big family" or something, and the image was posted, but people sometimes think that the image attached to a blog post is an image of the people in the post.

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Alice — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:32:07 GMT

Actaully under the past laws he could have just as easily walked into the local DFACS and singed them over. This is nothing new. If you are homeless, jobless or have a severe mental illness sometimes this is your only option. I think he is very brave to do the right thing and provide his children with a safe haven instead of just running off and leaving them to fend for themselves. I bet he lost his job and they are homeless. Great economy.

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Knitty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:22:37 GMT

I'm not loving the clip-art showing a minority family here.

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Maeby — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:10:15 GMT

i'm sorry, this is disgusting. No one has taught them about birth control?? you know shes just gonna have another one now that they have all that free time.

poor kids.