Indiana could be the first state to allow the use of baby boxes in an attempt to prevent the abandonments of newborn babies.
The box is a metal newborn baby incubator and is meant to save an abandoned newborn’s life. The box could start showing up at hospitals, fire stations, churches and selected nonprofits if the bill passes. The box would give mothers in crisis a safe r way to surrender their child anonymously.
The bill is a natural progression of the “safe haven” laws that exist in every state in the country, Republican state Rep. Casey Cox told The Associated Press. Those laws give parents a legal way to surrender newborns at hospitals and other facilities without fear of prosecution....