Baby Moses law
(US) A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state.
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(US) A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state.
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