A bill that would allow for the installation of so-called “baby boxes” — temperature-controlled chambers with bassinets, installed in the exterior walls of places like hospitals where mothers can ...

This story originally appeared on Stateline. The pitch feels noble, visceral: Prevent newborns from being discarded in dumpsters, and do it in a way that shields the mother and protects her anonymity ...

Engine 12 Captain Mike Allen opens the door to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a Mobile, Alabama Fire Station on June 9, 2025. Story DAPHNE, ALA.—The dozens of people gathered at the fire station one June ...

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Plans to install Mid-Missouri's first baby box in Jefferson City have turned out to be more complex than expected. The baby box is planned to be operational by fall. However, Eric Hoy, chief of Cole ...

Florida HB 791 aims to make surrendering newborns easier by allowing the use of baby boxes. Baby boxes are climate-controlled containers where parents can anonymously leave infants for staff to find.

TIMING IS MORE CRITICAL NOW THAN EVER. WHILE STATE LEADERS AND HOSPITAL WORKERS DEDICATED MISSISSIPPI’S SAFE HAVEN BOX AT SIMPSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, TWO WOMEN STOOD IN THE RAIN PRAYING OVER IT FOR THEM ...

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 ...

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 ...