# Abandoned babies in Wyoming?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-babies-in-wyoming/471637>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-babies-in-wyoming/471637 "2008-11-07T15:16:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-babies-in-wyoming/471637/1 "2008-11-07T15:16:25Z")

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In Cecil’s latest masterpiece _[Did people actually abandon babies on doorsteps?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2822/did-people-actually-abandon-babies-on-doorsteps)_, he says “One thing that’s changed in recent years is public awareness of abandonment, notwithstanding apparent lingering ignorance in sections of Wyoming.” What is this referring to?

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**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-babies-in-wyoming/471637/2 "2008-11-07T15:21:54Z")

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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> In Cecil’s latest masterpiece _[Did people actually abandon babies on doorsteps?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2822/did-people-actually-abandon-babies-on-doorsteps)_, he says “One thing that’s changed in recent years is public awareness of abandonment, notwithstanding apparent lingering ignorance in sections of Wyoming.” What is this referring to?

To the person who asked the question, who’s from Wyoming.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoned-babies-in-wyoming/471637/3 "2008-11-07T15:31:26Z")

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Ha! :smack:

That’s what I get for skipping over the sig lines of the letters.