Tue Aug 15, 2023 – 12:52 pm EDT
CARMEL, Indiana (LifeSiteNews) –– A fourth baby has been given a chance at a loving home thanks to the installation of a Safe Haven Baby Box at Carmel Fire Station in Indiana.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are designed for mothers to securely and anonymously deliver babies to a safe place 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 to ensure a baby is attended to shortly after placement. 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 fire stations, hospitals, or police stations, without fear of legal punishment.
Live Action reports that Carmel Fire Chief David Haboush said the department was “honored to be entrusted” with the child, and “applaud[s] this mother for having the courage and love to surrender her baby
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