Safe Haven Law

A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Mississippi, making it the state’s second surrender.

Montana is set to receive its first Safe Haven Baby Box, a device designed to help fight infant abandonment. 

The rescue boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby who was discovered next to a dumpster in Riverside, California on Sunday. 

The surrender at the Covington County Hospital was the first in the state, and is one of 15 baby box surrenders across the U.S. in 2024.

A 26-year-old woman has turned herself into authorities after a baby was discovered abandoned in the cold on Sunday in New York.

A Safe Haven Baby Box was blessed in Mishawaka last Wednesday, marking the 300th baby box location in the United States and the 141st in the state, WPTA reported.

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.

The baby girl was born on July 30 and is now in the custody of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, state officials announced.

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 baby girl has been placed with a foster family since being abandoned near a bayou in Harris County, Texas.

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.

Police found a dead newborn baby girl wrapped in a towel and discarded in a trash bin on the University of Tampa campus in Florida on Sunday. 

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.

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.

An abandoned baby was discovered alive in a dumpster near an apartment building in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday morning.

The updated Newborn Safe Haven Act would expand the locations where parents can surrender a baby to include fire and police stations.

A little boy surrendered to a fire station in Louisville, Kentucky, as a newborn has been adopted after more than 500 days in foster care. 

A bystander saved a newborn baby girl after witnessing her mother give birth and abandon her inside a trash can in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A fire station in Alabama is working to open the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box in the coming weeks.

A baby girl who was abandoned in Mulberry, Florida, shortly after her birth in January has been adopted nearly a year later.