Mothers Can Now Drop Off Unwanted Newborns In 'Baby Boxes'
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WOODBURN, Ind. (AP) — A Safe Haven Baby Box where mothers can drop off unwanted newborns anonymously with emergency help moments away is now available in northeastern Indiana.
The padded, climate-controlled container was dedicated Tuesday at the Woodburn Volunteer Fire Department about 15 miles east of Fort Wayne near the Ohio state line. It’s on an exterior wall of the fire station.
The Knights of Columbus of Indiana will pay for the first 100 baby boxes, which cost $1,500 to $2,000 each, said Monica Kelsey, a volunteer with the fire department who has been advocating for baby boxes in Indiana for several years.
A second one was dedicated Thursday in Michigan City.
The boxes are equipped with a security system that notifies emergency personnel when a baby is dropped off. Emergency responders can get to the child within minutes.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have safe haven laws, which allow unharmed newborns.
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Remind me of video rental stores from back in the day where you would drop your video through the slot and keep it moving
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Abandoning a child rarely ends in a happy ending.
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Instead of enabling these hoes with a means to abandon their children, they should be arrested then sterilized.
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Remind me of video rental stores from back in the day where you would drop your video through the slot and keep it moving
Blockbuster now mean mugging Netflix like
"We back in business pleighboi"
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So how long is the baby going sit in there before somebody gets it?
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I ain't ?
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So how long is the baby going sit in there before somebody gets it?
"Emergency responders can get to the child within minutes."
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You can do this at any fire station, police station , or hospital in Texas
No questions asked.
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Better than a dumpster or sewer. I'm all for it. Need to focus more on stopping unwanted pregnancies altogether.
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? crazy
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Not everyone should be able to precreate
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They have these in AZ Hospital And fire station ......plus you can drop your kids off at the fire station up to 17 yrs old .......every time we go past one, I be like "don't get dropped off!" lolz
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Too hard to just not have the child in the first place huh? One one hand sure if you believe you can't handle a baby finally but damn where the hell is responsibility with parents? An "unwanted child" sounds ? up saying man man
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@ single mother IC ladies
Although I'm sure there's an age limit -
Yeah, real bright smh.....
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So......the father has no say so on whether or not his kid gets dropped off in a box?
What if I don't find out until the next day? How do I know which box to go to?
Lol, America is a joke. Folks have zero responsibility for their actions. And that bs is allowed. -
numbaz...80's baby wrote: »So......the father has no say so on whether or not his kid gets dropped off in a box?
What if I don't find out until the next day? How do I know which box to go to?
Lol, America is a joke. Folks have zero responsibility for their actions. And that bs is allowed.
Unless they are married or there is a court order naming him as the father then he doesn't have any rights -
MsSouthern wrote: »numbaz...80's baby wrote: »So......the father has no say so on whether or not his kid gets dropped off in a box?
What if I don't find out until the next day? How do I know which box to go to?
Lol, America is a joke. Folks have zero responsibility for their actions. And that bs is allowed.
Unless they are married or there is a court order naming him as the father then he doesn't have any rights
Yea.... sounds about right. That's terrible -
Rather this be promoted than abortion.
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Birth control should be promoted, not abandonment.
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babelipsss wrote: »Birth control should be promoted, not abandonment.
Abortion is not birth control -
Aryeh_Tsaddiq wrote: »babelipsss wrote: »Birth control should be promoted, not abandonment.
Abortion is not birth control
Where did she say that it was?
Sex education in schools needs a major overhaul.
