Wed Aug 2, 2023 – 3:50 pm EDT
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (LifeSiteNews) – Last week saw 2023’s second use of a Safe Haven Baby Box in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and its third use statewide, to give an infant who might otherwise have been aborted guaranteed care and a chance at being placed with a new, loving family.
Live Action reported that less than four minutes after being placed in the box, the child was found by first responders, taken to a local hospital, and determined to be healthy.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are designed for mothers to securely and anonymously deliver babies to a safe place such as a fire station, where they will be taken by professionals for care and placement with a willing family. They are equipped with heating, cooling, and a silent alarm for medical attention. Once a baby is placed in a box, it then locks on the outside so passersby cannot take or harm him or her.
While the exact details vary, each state has a safe haven law under which mothers who have decided they are unwilling or unable to raise their babies can leave them at certain locations, such as
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