Illinois will expand infant protection laws after the Jakobsson bill was approved unanimously in February. The initial Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act covers the same locations as most others including police and fire stations as well as hospitals.
When Jakobsson learned that the problem of abandoned babies was occurring quite commonly on college campuses, he realized a change needed to be made. Now, all campus police stations will be covered under the act in Illinois, as well. No other changes will be made to the law aside from the number of safe haven options now available to new mothers who are unable to care for their infants. I think this is a terrific idea. The more safe haven locations we can provide for these parents, the fewer cases of abandoned infant death we should see.
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Still, this expansion will not do much good if parents are not aware that safe havens are out there and they need fear no repercussions for dropping them off at one of these sites.
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