Some say these rare, but tragic stories of abandoned babies could be prevented with a safe haven law.

Nebraska is one of only three states without the law.

It would allow women to drop off babies less than three-days-old at fire stations or hospitals no questions asked.

Lawmakers just tabled discussion of the law on Thursday.

At least one lawmaker and counselors that help women facing unplanned or unwanted pregnancies are not abandoning the law.

"I wish that they could have come here or another organization before that would have helped," says Nancy Foral, director of Essential Pregnancy Services.

Nancy Foral may have been upset, but she wasn't surprised a mother resorted to leaving her newborn by a dumpster.

She has counseled hundreds of largely young, pregnant women who've often been abandoned or neglected themselves.

"She doesn't have the support or feel she has what she needs,” says Foral.

That's where Foral's agency, Essential Pregnancy Services, steps in providing women with everything from prenatal care, baby food and clothes, to G.E.D. classes and counseling.

"We work with them for almost two years, from the time she says she's pregnant to the time the baby is a year old," says Foral.

Nebraska lawmakers are working to give women too scared to go to places like EPS other options through what's called a safe haven law.

Under a safe haven law troubled women could leave their newborns at hospitals no questions asked.

"I want to make it so they can be law-abiding citizens and the baby can be found and it is safe,” says Sen. Arnie Stuthman, the sponsor of the safe haven bill.

Stuthman introduced the bill but it came under fire from senators who thought the bill sent the message that it was okay to desert a child, and questioned its effectiveness in discouraging unsafe abandonments.

"But I just think it's worth a try to have something and I am trying to give the mother another option," says Stuthman.

Another option those like Nancy Foral say will keep more babies safe and happy.

"Isn't it better to place that child in a healthy, safe environment instead of behind a television behind an apartment house?" says Foral.

Senator Stuthman plans to tweak the bill and re-introduce it next year.

Iowa passed a safe haven in 2007.

Iowa officials released a report in October 2006 saying that eight babies have been left at safe haven facilities since 2003.

All of them have been adopted.