Florida Senate - 2020                            (NP)    SR 1604
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing February 2020 as “A Safe
    3         Haven for Newborns Month” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, tragic cases of infant abandonment remain a
    6  reality in this state and across the nation, and
    7         WHEREAS, a society in which children are born to parents
    8  who lack the capability and resources to nurture them must find
    9  ways to protect and provide shelter for such newborn children
   10  until a home can be found for them, and
   11         WHEREAS, A Safe Haven for Newborns provides a safe and
   12  legal solution to the quandary facing the parents of such
   13  children, saving the lives of infants otherwise in danger of
   14  abandonment and protecting their biological parents from a
   15  lifetime of guilt, anguish, and irremediable regret, and
   16         WHEREAS, A Safe Haven for Newborns helps to fulfill the
   17  dreams of many families in this state who are prepared to raise
   18  children and who are waiting and hoping to adopt, and
   19         WHEREAS, in addition to the counseling and support that A
   20  Safe Haven for Newborns provides to biological parents, many of
   21  whom are young and unprepared and in extreme crisis, the
   22  organization also works with a variety of professionals to
   23  address the underlying conditions that otherwise could have
   24  ended in tragedy, and
   25         WHEREAS, in creating A Safe Haven for Newborns, the Miami
   26  based Gloria M. Silverio Foundation has performed a magnificent
   27  service to this state and has provided vital leadership for
   28  others who seek to avert the tragedy of infant abandonment, NOW,
   29  THEREFORE,
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   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   33         That February 2020 is recognized as “A Safe Haven for
   34  Newborns Month” in Florida.