Popular Name Statutized?:
N
Type:
Case
Date Enacted:
Tuesday, October 9, 1984
Short Title:
NO short title
PL:
98-457, title I part B
Statute At Large:
98 Stat 1752
Named For?:
Series of "Baby Doe" child endangerment cases in the early 1980s.
Link/Source:
Kathryn Moss, "The 'Baby Doe' Legislation Its Rise and Fall" Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 4 (June 1987)
Interesting Part Statutized?:
N
Notes:
services and treatment for disabled infants -- possible that "Baby Doe" was an individual infant and this was passed in response??