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By Louisiana Right to Life A safe and temperature controlled baby box has been installed in St. Tammany Parish for the first time at the Central Fire Station in Olde Town, Slidell. Louisiana law allows babies up to 60 days old to be surrendered anonymously at...
By Dave Andrusko A bill that more than quadruples the amount of time a woman has to surrender her newborn baby awaits pro-life Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature. Current law allows a woman seven days. The bill lengthens that period to 30 days. It “also authorize...
Abilene became the first city in Texas to put up a Safe Haven Baby Box at a local fire station.
The state of Kentucky received its 31st Safe Haven Baby Box recently and more are on the way, according to the state’s Right to Life executive director.
A city in Mississippi is in the process of creating the state’s fourth Safe Haven Baby Box, giving parents who feel they cannot raise their child an opportunity to leave him or her in safe hands.
‘The mother’s courageous decision to utilize the Safe Haven Baby Box is a testament to the impact of these life-saving initiatives,’ said Republican state Rep. Jim Murphy. By Calvin Freiburger ST. LOUIS) — Missouri recently saw its first baby saved by the installation...
By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life Wrapped in a blanket with a heartfelt note, baby Samuel Tyler made headlines when firefighters discovered the newborn safely tucked in a box on the station’s doorstep. His birth mother safely surrendered her two-day-old...
Today, Governor Evers signed the Safe Haven Baby Box Bill, an expansion of Wisconsin’s Safe Haven law passed in 2001. According to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Safe Haven protocol, also known as “infant relinquishment,” allows a...
By Pattie Barrett, Texas Right to Life Big things can come in small packages. Such was the case recently in Hobbs, New Mexico, when a brave new mother in crisis pulled down on the handle of a special “box” at a fire station to place her newborn son. The baby box is a...
By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life A baby girl was safely surrendered at the Kokomo Safe Haven Box in Indiana, located at Kokomo Fire Station #1. This is the fifth baby saved in Indiana this year by Safe Haven Boxes and the 12th baby in the country in...