Georgia Bill Would Legalize Baby Boxes to Fight Infant Abandonment
Lawmakers in Georgia are hoping to pass a bill this coming session that would modify the state’s Safe Haven law to include baby boxes.
Lawmakers in Georgia are hoping to pass a bill this coming session that would modify the state’s Safe Haven law to include baby boxes.
A newborn baby girl was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Lebanon, Ohio, officials announced.
The first baby box in Kansas has been installed in Hutchinson, providing at-risk parents with another option for safely surrendering newborns.
A teen has been arrested for allegedly leaving a deceased baby girl in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Blackfoot, Idaho, police said.
A dead newborn baby girl was found in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Idaho in October, police announced this week.
The Central Fire Station in Olde Towne Slidell, Louisiana, is set to be the home of the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box.
A baby was recently surrendered in Woodburn, Indiana, to the first Safe Haven Baby Box ever installed in the United States.
The body of a female infant was found at Lake Ft. Phantom, north of Abilene, Texas, on Saturday, according to police.
A newborn baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Fishers, Indiana, the Fishers Fire Department announced Monday.
Idaho has welcomed its first Safe Haven Baby Box, a device created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.
The infant surrender marks the fiftieth baby box surrender nationwide since Safe Haven Baby Boxes began in 2015.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe circumstances, potentially leaving them to die.
A third infant has been surrendered to the Safe Haven Baby Box at Fire Station #1 in Madison, Alabama, according to officials.
Two newborns have been surrendered to the first Safe Haven Baby Box in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to officials.
Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in the woods or trash bins, potentially leaving them to die.
Maine is expected to get its first Baby Box, a device created for at-risk mothers to surrender their newborns safely and anonymously.
Alabama’s first baby box in Madison was used for the first time less than two weeks after it opened on January 10.
A newborn baby was surrendered to Missouri’s only Safe Haven Baby Box location, the Mehlville Fire chief said at a news conference on Monday.
A baby boy was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Belen, New Mexico, on Tuesday afternoon.
Two people are in custody after a newborn baby girl was found behind dumpsters at a Mississippi mobile home park last week, officials said.
An infant was surrendered to Alabama’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, just days after installation, WAFF48 reported on Wednesday.
The first Safe Haven Baby Box infant surrender of 2024 happened at an Indiana fire station last week, according to officials.
A toddler who was surrendered to a Kentucky fire station in a shoe box as a newborn has been adopted by the family who fostered him for over 500 days.
The updated Newborn Safe Haven Act would expand the locations where parents can surrender a baby to include fire and police stations.
The law allows municipalities to install Safe Haven Baby Boxes at hospitals, fire stations and law enforcement buildings, where parents can surrender newborns less than 72-hours old with no face-to-face interaction.
A fire station in Alabama is working to open the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box in the coming weeks.
A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Indiana, the seventh baby surrendered in the state and the sixteenth across the country this year.
A Texas hospital is expected to open the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, where at-risk mothers can safely surrender their newborns.
A Safe Haven Baby Box is being credited for saving a newborn’s life in Hobbs, New Mexico, just months after being installed.
Missouri has joined the growing list of states installing Safe Haven Baby Boxes, which are secured incubators where mothers in crisis can surrender their newborns.
The baby girl, who is the fourth baby surrendered at the fire station in the past 16 months, already has a new home.
A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at the 2nd Platoon of Kokomo Fire Department in Indiana, Fox News Digital reported Friday.
The firefighter who was stationed at Ocala Fire Rescue headquarters and discovered the baby girl with a shoelace tying off her umbilical cord is now her adoptive father.
A baby girl was left in a Safe Haven Baby Box on Tuesday night at Okolona Fire Station One in Louisville, Kentucky, WLKY reported.
The first newborn discovered inside Florida’s initial Safe Haven Baby Box has found a permanent home with someone very special.
The baby boy was surrendered to the Baby Box at Knoxville Fire Station 17 just after midnight, approximately 30 minutes after his birth.
A baby boy was left inside Tennessee’s first Safe Haven Baby Box early Saturday morning, approximately 30 minutes after his birth, according to the Knoxville Fire Department.
A New Mexico woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday after abandoning her newborn son in a dumpster in the city of Hobbs in January of last year.
An infant was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at an Indiana fire station, just four months after the box was installed.
Two newborn babies were surrendered to Safe Haven Baby Boxes within two days of each other in Indiana, officials announced.