Police say a tragic case in New York could have been avoided if more New Yorkers knew about this 25-year-old law.

The arrest of a woman who allegedly abandoned her newborn at a busy Manhattan subway station is bringing New York's Safe Haven Law into sharper focus.

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Police report that 30-year-old Assa Diawara abandoned her baby girl Monday morning on a subway platform at Penn Station.

The infant was reportedly found wrapped in a blanket, her umbilical cord still attached.

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There are reports that she allegedly admitted to police that she left her child at Penn Station w

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