When a brand-new “baby box” was installed this summer at a fire station in O’Fallon, Missouri, supporters knew it could someday save a life. Few expected that moment to come so quickly. Fewer than 60 ...

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As more states authorize them, baby boxes continue to offer a safe haven for abandoned newborns. Every U.S. state has laws that allow mothers to safely surrender their newborn children without being ...

HAPPENED AFTER THE INFANT WAS DROPPED OFF. WHEN RACINE FIRE DIVISION CHIEF JOSHUA WEBER OPENED THE CITY’S FIRST SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX LAST YEAR, RACINE STATION FOR BABY BOX IS NOW OPEN. IT WAS FOR THIS ...

Every Monday, the Hendersonville Fire Department tests its Safe Haven baby box to make sure it is working properly. For more than a year, the box, installed so mothers can anonymously surrender their ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wisconsin Rapids could become one of the next communities in Wisconsin to add a Safe Haven Baby Box. There are a total of seven throughout the state, but none in central ...

ATLANTA — Amie Anderson’s first instinct was rage. Her daughter, a nurse, had just told her how a young mother had walked into the hospital and surrendered her infant. Under Georgia law, hospitals are ...

The 379th Safe Haven Baby Box was dedicated Thursday, this one at the South Haven fire station on County Road 700 North. The boxes allow parents to safely and anonymously give up babies for others to ...

In 1972, Monica Kelsey was born to a mother who conceived her during a sexual assault. Although some tried to convince the 17-year-old to have an abortion, she carried her baby to term instead and ...

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County’s first Baby Box has been installed within the front wall of the South Euclid Fire Department building as a safe and anonymous place for parents surrendering an ...

RACINE, Wis. (WISN) - A newborn was safely and legally surrendered in a Racine Safe Haven Baby Box on Oct. 16, which marks the first time a Safe Haven Baby Box has been used in the state of Wisconsin, ...