State Rep. Randall Frye
STATEHOUSE – More Hoosier communities will be able to install devices to save vulnerable infants thanks to a new law authored by State Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg).
Indiana’s Safe Haven Law allows a parent to surrender a newborn fewer than 30 days old to any hospital emergency room, fire station, police station or Safe Haven Baby Box without fear of prosecution. Baby boxes are temperature-controlled with an alarm system that alerts first responders when an infant is placed inside. With this new law, communities can install a baby box at a volunteer fire station or a facility staffed 24/7 by professional emergency medical service providers.
Healthy, beautiful baby girl safely surrendered in Indiana Safe Haven Baby Box
Safe Haven Baby Boxes
and last updated 2021-05-06 13:56:28-04
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. â A newborn infant was surrendered Sunday in a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Clarksville, Indiana.
The baby box was donated by the Knights of Columbus and was unveiled and blessed on Oct. 16, 2020, according to a news release from Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Yesterday morning at 7:05 a.m. this box paid for itself, said Monica Kelsey, founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. A healthy, beautiful baby girl was surrendered here yesterday morning by a very brave and selfless parent who chose this box for this child, Kelsey said at a press conference Monday morning. This child is a wanted child that will be adopted within 30-45 days. We actually have a waiting list for Safe Haven babies in the state of Indiana.
According to the Clarksville Fire Department, the baby was safely placed in the box Sunday morning. Author: CJ Daniels, Brooke Hasch Published: 7:39 PM CDT May 2, 2021 Updated: 7:18 PM CDT May 3, 2021
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. Less than a year after officials blessed a new Safe Haven Baby Box in Clarksville, officials said a baby was surrendered to Clarksville Fire Station 1.
Just after 7 a.m. Sunday, a healthy newborn was anonymously surrendered. When I received the news, it felt like I was responding to my own child, Chief Brandon Skaggs said. That s how emotional it was.
Skaggs said the lieutenant in charge was on the other side of the wall when heard the box open from the outside. When he heard the door close, he looked inside to find a baby less than an hour old.
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