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"With the best intentions in the world, Nebraska lawmakers wanted to prevent harm coming to unwanted babies abandoned by their parents, the so-called "dumpster babies".

So, following other US states, they voted for a "safe haven" law.

They passed the briefest of legislation - just two sentences - protecting parents from prosecution if they left a child at a designated hospital.

But it was that single word "child" which had unexpected consequences for them."