Articles tagged Safe Haven Laws

Woman conceived during rape and abandoned now on a mission to save unwanted babies

Monica Kelsey and her organization provide mothers facing crisis pregnancies the chance to choose life and safety for their children, by anonymously surrendering them at a hospital, firehouse, or other facility.

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John-Henry Westen

• May 27, 2021Jul 30, 2021

WATCH: Police video shows rescue of newborn baby girl left in woods

Police have named her India. She is 'thriving,' they say.

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Claire Chretien

• Jun 26, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Newborn left at Cathedral just a ‘beautiful moment, when you think about Christmas and kneeling before the manger’

Father John Ubel and the staff at Cathedral of St. Paul in Minnesota were touched by an infant found in a stairwell.

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Lisa Bourne

• Jan 6, 2017Jun 18, 2021

9-year-old girl called ‘guardian angel’ after finding abandoned newborn in Indiana

A 9-year-old Indiana girl playing outside found an abandoned newborn "miracle baby" with umbilical cord still attached in good condition near her home.

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Fr. Mark Hodges

• Jul 13, 2016Jun 18, 2021

Indiana installs nation’s first baby drop boxes to save abandoned newborns

All 50 states have passed Safe Haven laws, allowing mothers to anonymously surrender their children – but so many desperate women are still unaware that they have this option.

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Kelli

• May 11, 2016Jul 30, 2021