West Union, Illinois | Mrs B - Have they not set your fire stations up with baby drop boxes yet? This varies by state, possibly even by city. Indiana has baby drop boxes in some places. Illinois has a Baby Safe Haven Law, but there are no baby boxes (despite what the Chicago Fire TV show says). The infant must be handed to a person, not just dropped in a box. Only staffed fire houses and police stations are equipped for it.
Where are Safe Havens? In Illinois, these safe places for newborns are:
• Staffed fire stations
• Staffed police stations
• Hospitals
• Emergency care facilities
• Campus police stations
The law saves babies from unsafe abandonment. It says that parents who do not harm their baby cannot be prosecuted if they hand their baby, up to 30 days old, to personnel at a Safe Haven. It gives a desperate parent a responsible alternative.
Newborns can be brought to any hospital, emergency care facility, staffed police station or staffed fire station–no questions asked. A packet of information is offered to the parent. The baby is taken to a hospital for a check up, then placed with a pre-approved adoptive family. |
Somthing my wife asked me .
