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‘Baby Moses 5 law expanded
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DALLAS (AP) — Parents who want to aban
don their newborns have more time to make the
decision and more safe places to do it under a law
recently expanded to give unwanted infants a bet
ter chance at survival.
The broader “Baby Moses” law allows parents
to leave infants up to 60 days old at designated
“emergency infant care providers,” such as hospi
tals and adoption agencies with emergency med
ical personnel, with no questions asked.
The original law. which Texas pioneered,
allowed parents to leave infants up to 30 days old
at hospitals and fire stations.
Parents are protected from prosecution as long
as the baby is not harmed.
The law is driven by wrenching stories of aban
donment, such as that of “Baby Boy Jay,” found
cold and dehydrated last year in a paper shopping
bag near a Houston mailbox.
In 1993, “Baby Noel" was found around
Christmas under a table in an Arlington coin-oper
ated laundry, her arms and legs blue.
“If we can save one baby, then all of our efforts
would have been for something,” said Dr. John
Richardson, the Fort Worth pediatrician who
helped blaze a trail for the law in 1999.
Since then, 35 states have followed suit,
according to the National Conference of State
Legislatures.
“It just kept getting larger and larger," said the
law’s sponsor state Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-
Victoria.
In Texas, 18 babies 30 days or younger are
known to have been abandoned last year, but only
five were left in designated safe places, according
to Morrison’s office.
“Even if we saved one baby's life, it was defi
nitely worth it,” Morrison said in Sunday’s edi
tions of The Dallas Morning News.
Still, critics charge that bolstering such statutes
encourages irresponsible behavior, discourages
open adoption and unduly stigmatizes children.
Advocates say the irresponsible behavior occurs
before an unwanted child is born.
“If someone is going to abandon their baby. I’d
rather them have options," said Cheryl Sutterfield.
president and chief executive officer of the Dallas
Children’s Advocacy Center.
It’s too early to gauge the consequences of
the law, which was expanded' in September,
experts say.
But Richardson says awareness about the law
is crucial if it’s going to succeed.
"This is going to have to be publicized to
teenage girls to get them to take advantage of it,"
Richardson said.
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from class to class and juggling
several errands, most of them
aim for comfort in their clothes.
As a result, some students try to
combine the best of both worlds:
comfort and fashion.
“I think some people try to
dress to impress,” Sarmiento
said. “But personally. I try to be
comfortable and cute at the
same time."
Fashion trends throughout
time can be both flattering and
scary. From the days of platform
shoes to M.C. Hammer pants to
tech vests to side ponytails, peo
ple learn and laugh from the
mistakes they make.
Many designers are merg
ing late 1970s fashions with
early 1980s fashions to breed
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What Aggies will be seeing a
lot of this fall is denim. Denim
has slowly been coming back in
the past two years, and now, it
has exploded onto the fashion
scene. Dark denim, bleached
denim, studded denim and dirty
denim are all seen on many
celebrities and students.
“I think it is cool that denim
is coming back." said Shara
Boquiren, a freshman chemical
engineering major. "I like the
whole ‘not-so-tacky ’ ’80s
motif that is coming back into
style. With dark denim, you
can be casual and classy at the
same time.”
Accessories are also becom
ing more stylish. Rhinestones
and studded fabric are the lat
est craze. This is seen with
many of the jewel-studded ban
danas, belt buckles and jeans,
yet another trend bought back
from the 1980s.
Big lenses and frames on
sunglasses like the aviator style
are also in fashion. Sunglasses
with tinted, colored lenses were
very big in the late 1970s and
now are being reincarnated in
2001.
Belts are also growing in
popularity. Those childhood
canvas belts are now found at
popular clothing stores in the
mall. The “Old West” influence
on fashion shines with the popu
larity of large belt buckles. With
“iced-out" bracelets, leather
wristbands, hoop earrings and
elaborate necklaces, it is no
question that accessories are the
latest craze.
“1 know when I dress up, I
like to accessorize as much as I
can." said Jennifer Lina.
Class of 1998. “It seems ft
more you accessorize
days, no matter how tack)
the better; and I have no pi
lent with that.”
Certain genres in fa<
are also gaining popute
The punk style is back
studded belts and brace
plaid pants and vintage
shirts. The “urban cowta
apparent with dirty denim
buckled belts, cowboy hat
vintage Wrangler shirts. Bet Transportation S<
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lar. Retro 1980s hip-hop
and the “supa fly," pimp-dai
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