The maternal grandfather of a newborn allegedly abandoned on one of the coldest nights of the year has filed for custody of the child. The baby's ...

Approximately 100 physicians, child welfare experts, and other key stakeholders asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

There are currently two Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Iowa. The first was installed at the Fort Dodge Fire Department in 2023, and the other is at MercyOne Medical Center in downtown Des Moines.

These boxes are modern versions of foundling wheels from medieval times. They are metal boxes (usually installed in fire ...

Approximately 100 physicians, child welfare experts, and other key stakeholders asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to regulate "infant abandonment boxes." ...

It’s called the Safe Haven Baby Box, which would add a new piece of equipment to the currently active “Safe Haven” law, which allows parents unable to care for children the choice to surrender an ...

Currently, parents are allowed to hand over their children to workers in police departments, fire stations and hospitals.

The box contains a medical bassinet to hold the baby as well as blankets. It’s heated and air conditioned. An alarm goes off in the fire station saying ‘baby in box’ about a minute after the ...

Baby boxes give women, or men ... Captain Charles Hines with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department spearheaded the charge to get a box here. Hines said, “I brought this idea to the former fire ...