{"id":314196,"date":"2024-06-21T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=314196"},"modified":"2024-06-24T08:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T13:12:42","slug":"kentucky-50th-safe-haven-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kentucky-50th-safe-haven-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky baby is 50th to be saved by a Safe Haven Baby Box"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Safe Haven Baby Box organization is celebrating<\/a> the life of a baby who was safely surrendered<\/a> at the Montgomery County Fire Safe Haven Baby Box in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. The surrender marks the 50th in one of the organization’s baby boxes since the first one was installed in 2015 and the first since this particular baby box was installed on April 4.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Kentucky Safe\u00a0Infants\u00a0Act allows parents to leave newborn infants younger than 30 days old at a staffed police station, fire station, hospital, or participating place of worship without fear of criminal prosecution or allegation of neglect. <\/span><\/span>Safe Haven Baby Boxes are safe, temperature-controlled boxes installed in hospitals or fire stations throughout the country; to date, they are available in 17 states. When a child is placed inside, a silent alarm is triggered and emergency personnel respond within minutes. The baby is given medical care and later placed for adoption.<\/p>\n