{"id":212477,"date":"2019-10-15T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=212477"},"modified":"2019-10-15T21:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T02:36:37","slug":"baby-saved-california-fire-station-safe-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-saved-california-fire-station-safe-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"BABY SAVED: 21-year-old mother brings newborn to California fire station safe haven"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A newborn is safe after a young mother surrendered the baby at a California fire station, a designated baby safe haven. CBS LA reports<\/a> that the 21-year-old woman brought the baby to a fire station in Los Angeles neighborhood of Pico-Union just after 7:30 PM on October 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

According to the fire department, the baby was just two hours old and was immediately taken to the hospital in good health. Los Angeles firefighter David Ortiz told CBS LA<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re happy that this child is going to have another opportunity, and perhaps a loving family will adopt this child in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

California, like many states, has a Safe Haven Law. It allows parents to surrender a newborn at a hospital or fire station with no questions asked and without facing prosecution. According to CBS LA, \u201cThe law went into effect in 2001. Between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2017, a total of 931 newborns have been surrendered under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n