Florida Senate - 2018                            (NP)    SR 1932
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       36-03397-18                                           20181932__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution to recognize February 2018 as “Safe Haven
    3         for Newborns Month” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, tragic cases of infant abandonment remain a
    6  reality in Florida and nationwide, and
    7         WHEREAS, a society in which children are born to mothers
    8  and fathers lacking the capability and resources with which to
    9  nurture them must find ways to step in and provide shelter for
   10  each newborn child until a home can be found for that child, and
   11         WHEREAS, the A Safe Haven for Newborns organization
   12  provides a safe and legal solution to the quandary of the
   13  parents of such children, saving the lives of infants otherwise
   14  in danger of abandonment and simultaneously preserving their
   15  biological parents from a lifetime of guilt, anguish, and
   16  irreparable regret, and
   17         WHEREAS, A Safe Haven for Newborns helps to fulfill the
   18  dreams and needs of many Florida families who are prepared to
   19  raise children and who are waiting and hoping to adopt children,
   20  and
   21         WHEREAS, in addition to the counseling and support that A
   22  Safe Haven for Newborns provides to often young and unprepared
   23  parents-to-be who are in extreme crisis, it also works with a
   24  variety of professionals to address the conditions leading to
   25  these potentially tragic pregnancies and births, and
   26         WHEREAS, in creating A Safe Haven for Newborns, the Gloria
   27  M. Silverio Foundation has provided a magnificent service to
   28  Florida communities and vital leadership to others across the
   29  nation who share the organization’s imperative to prevent the
   30  tragedy of infant abandonment, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That February 2018 is recognized as “Safe Haven for
   35  Newborns Month” in Florida.