Nadia Zahirudin is Sentenced

Wisconsin teen Nadia Zahirudin, 17, was sentenced for a case of child abandonment that occurred last May.  Instead of taking her newborn to a nearby hospital, she elected to leave it by a church dumpster instead.  Fortunately for the baby and for her, the baby survived.  She did receive three years of probation, however.  Three […]

Important Information for Louisianans

LOUISIANA RESIDENTS!  Please read this article.  It is a comprehensive look at Safe Haven guidelines and procedures in your state and could very well help you save a baby and protect yourself from criminal prosecution. I do not think anyone ever plans to murder or abandon a baby.  It is too horrible to consider that […]

Tearjerker: Infant Abandonment

This is one of the most well-written and heartbreaking stories of infant abandonment I have ever read.  It is so well-written that I am not going to retell it in my own words because I do not feel like I could do it justice. Please promote Safe Haven laws.  If this article doesn’t get to […]

Safe Haven Age Limits

This is an extremely short article, but it brings up a great point that we have not mentioned in a while. What do you think is the appropriate age limit for Safe Haven?  Anyone familiar with these laws, I am sure, heard about the disaster that happened in my home state of Nebraska when the […]

3 Year Anniversary for Abandoned Infant

A baby boy was honored in Horry County recently.  He died more than 3 years ago, but residents hope the memorial service will remind everyone that Safe Haven laws still exist and there is no excuse for what happened to the boy.  They also hope the service will somehow trigger a detail in someone’s mind […]

Bella Estates Dumpster Case Still Unsolved

The case of the infant found abandoned in a Bella Estates Apartments dumpster has still not been solved at the time of this article.  We have high hopes that the culprit will soon be found. This article also reviews some other abandonments in the area.  One of these other cases is particularly gruesome.  You can […]

Safe Haven Saves Lives

This is a short little article, but I decided it would be nice to include anyway.  It also has a short video on a recent story.  We do not post videos very often, so this might be a little treat.  Please let us know if you have any thoughts for us on this or any […]

Missing Baby?

In all my time with this organization I have never seen a story quite like this. This is a story of infant abandonment which may not involve any infant abandonment.  Confused?  A man found a box with a note next to his recycling bin.  That note was a mother’s plea for whoever found it, to […]

No Shame in Safe Haven

Today’s article reflects on the two recent tragedies in Hendersonville: the Bi-Lo incident and the murder of the newborn twins, both previously reported on here at One By One Safe Haven. Again, there is one part of the article I would like to highlight.  It mentions that Safe Haven protects babies and secrets.  This is […]

Crash Course on Safe Haven Laws

Wow, today’s article is well-written and encompasses a lot of the issues we talk about here at One By One Safe Haven. It begins with the baby girl who was found in the Mississippi River in Minnesota just a few weeks ago.  Then, the author goes into Safe Haven Laws and some of the finer […]