Wisconsin Expands Safe Haven Baby Box Law to Save Babies From Infanticide
Today, Governor Evers signed the Safe Haven Baby Box Bill, an expansion of Wisconsin’s Safe Haven law passed in 2001. According to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Safe Haven protocol, also known as “infant relinquishment,” allows a parent to anonymously leave their unharmed newborn baby (72 hours old or under) with an approved police officer, 911 emergency medical staff person, or a hospital staff member. The law signed today expands the Save Haven program to allow fully staffed hospitals and fire and police stations to install ventilated, temperature-controlled “baby boxes” in outside walls so that parents can more easily relinquish their babies anonymously.
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