Safe Haven Law

Baby Found In Shopping Bag In Church Parking Lot

Posted 12.24.2011

A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a shopping bag in a church parking lot in northwest suburban Schaumburg Sunday afternoon. A church membe...

Mother Surrenders Newborn To Fire Department On Christmas Morning

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles firefighters received an unusual Christmas delivery at a downtown station this year – a baby. With a small bund...

Craigslist Baby Hoax Sends Colorado Springs Police Scrambling

Colorado Springs Gazette | JAKOB RODGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

A Craigslist.com posting offering up a baby to the first taker turned out to be a hoax, Colorado Springs police said Saturday morning. Police had b...

Nebraska's "Safe Haven" Law Allows Parents To Abandon Unwanted Children

AP | JEAN ORTIZ | Posted 11.17.2011

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a ...