“Even if you don’t know you’re pregnant and you give birth
to a child, you have a responsibility for that child’s care and safety,” said
Attorney Matt Mangino. “If you don’t do that, ultimately, you’re gonna be held
criminally liable for it.”
Mangino was the district attorney for Lawrence County when
Pennsylvania adopted so-called “Safe Haven” laws, which allow parents to leave
their newborns with hospital workers or police if they can’t care for the baby
on their own.
He said parents can drop off children at hospitals or police
stations with no questions asked, as long as they’re under 28 days old.
“There’s no effort to try to trace who the parents of the
child are,” he said.
Mangino said even if Robinson’s baby died of natural causes,
she should have called for help.
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