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If you don't want your baby or if you know someone who doesn't,
Indiana law allows you to drop-off the newborn at any fire station
or other emergency medical provider, with no questions asked.
Don't
worry.
There is a safe place.
No questions asked.
No condemnation.
Only safety.
Indiana's Safe Haven Law was put into effect March 2000. The law
allows mothers to leave their unwanted newborn baby in a safe location
such
as a hospital, fire station (not a Volunteer Fire Stations), police station, or another designated
area such as a health care providers office. Total secrecy for the
mother is assured, and she will not be prosecuted for abandonment
or neglect if she acts within 45 days of the birth, and the baby
is
not harmed. Once the newborn is left at a Safe
Haven location, they are given medical attention and care and
placed in an appropriate home. The law gives
newborns protection and frightened mothers an option. |