{"id":290876,"date":"2023-05-14T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=290876"},"modified":"2023-05-11T23:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:19:45","slug":"newborn-baby-healthy-arkansas-baby-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newborn-baby-healthy-arkansas-baby-box\/","title":{"rendered":"First responders retrieve healthy newborn from baby box in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An infant born less than 24 hours prior was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Benton, Arkansas, on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Benton Fire Department <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ktxs.com\/news\/nation-world\/mother-surrenders-infant-less-than-24-hours-old-to-safe-haven-baby-box-benton-fire-department-little-rock-arkansas-childrens-hospital-department-of-human-services?fbclid=IwAR0JiA-6gScW4g7r3t4gNzPMDH21JlNg8AoWO9co03S2G6KsPCivmmOKAto#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the surrender, which occurred at Fire Station 3. It was the second surrender at this location\u2019s baby box since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe alarm sounded on the Safe Haven Baby Box located outside the building. First responders investigated and found that a newborn baby, less than 24 hours old, had been placed inside the box,\u201d Matt Thibault, spokesperson for the City of Benton, said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentoncourier.com\/news\/benton-fire-department-confirms-baby-surrendered-to-safe-haven-box\/article_8efb3772-ef42-11ed-9c4a-77cf734acff2.html?fbclid=IwAR31AgzY4YK2TKgb2TKNStMkdlW-aWg7vm8BPjyrnvBp-_wGin8Tfcw4RH0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Safe Haven Baby Box organization provides temperature-controlled<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> monitored boxes where parents can safely and anonymously surrender their infant. When a child is placed inside, an alarm is triggered, alerting help. The boxes are installed in places like fire stations, police stations, or hospitals so that emergency responders can tend to a surrendered infant immediately. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arkansas state <a href=\"https:\/\/humanservices.arkansas.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/041421_safe-haven-brochure_Final-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safe haven law<\/a> allows parents to surrender their child up to 30 days after birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe baby was healthy and well cared for, obviously loved. It is my understanding that the mother traveled from out of state to surrender her baby as her state does not offer this anonymous and safe option,\u201d Benton Fire Chief Russ Evans said in a press release.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-283198\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo the mother, thank you for your decision and for allowing the Benton Fire Department to be a part of your journey. Please know your child is healthy and stunningly handsome. Gold bless you,\u201d Evans said in the release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Monica Kelsey, CEO and Founder of the Safe Haven Baby Box Organization, also praised the parent for their brave surrender.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am so thankful this parent chose a safe option for their child. We may never know the reason they used this baby box, but we do know how much they loved their baby,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its inception, the Safe Haven Baby Box organization has seen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shbb.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 120<\/a> infant surrenders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An infant born less than 24 hours prior was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Benton, Arkansas, on Tuesday. The Benton Fire Department confirmed the surrender, which occurred at Fire Station 3. It was the second surrender at this location\u2019s baby box since 2020. \u201cThe alarm sounded on the Safe Haven Baby Box [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":264292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First responders retrieve healthy newborn from baby box in Arkansas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;It is my understanding that the mother traveled from out of state... as her state does not offer this anonymous and safe option,\u201d said Fire Chief Evans.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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