Child Neglect has Dire Consequences
I think anyone familiar with the history of Safe Haven remembers Baby Mary. Her abuse and death led Pennsylvania to pass the laws to protect babies from suffering her same fate. More specifically, she was from Northumberland County. A decade after her death, we have another story from her home that is also tragic. A […]
One Perspective on Infanticide
The article I want to feature today is purely opinion, but I really like what Susan Reinhardt has written. She offers her perspective on mothers who kill their children, a subject right up our alley here at One By One Safe Haven. I have to agree with her. While postpartum depression is a real thing […]
Safe Havens Need Info From Parents
Hmm. This is a good article, but my thoughts on it are sort of unrelated. It mentions that when parents drop a newborn off at a safe haven location, they are asked to provide more identifying information. This we know, but I had always it just included medical history that may affect the child later […]
Surprising Trends in Infant Abandonment
Wow. Today’s article has some statistics that actually surprised me. It initially talks about how Illinois has expanded Safe Haven locations to include university police stations, which we have already reported on. They then mention that in the decade since Safe Haven was adopted in Illinois, 69 babies were saved by a safe haven location. […]
Safe Haven Saves Texas Children
Today’s article made me smile. It provides a very brief history on Safe Haven. The article points out that over 40 children have been saved in Texas since the inception of Safe Haven Laws. My favorite part is that it compares it to two classrooms of children. I cannot help but smile when I think […]
Nunu Sung: Should She Regain Custody?
I have an update on Nunu Sung, 26, the refugee from Myanmar who abandoned her child. She is still in jail for lying to police about the incident, but will soon be paroled. You can read the article for the full details, but I have some thoughts. From reading this article I found out that […]
Baby Abandoned at Hendersonville, NC Bi-Lo
Another tragic story of infant abandonment. This one comes to us from Hendersonville, North Carolina. A baby was found in the trash can of a Bi-Lo women’s room. I will let you read the article for yourself, but basically surveillance footage shows two suspicious people who are wanted for questioning in connection with the crime. […]
Hospital Prepared for Safe Haven
This news story does not have much new information that we have not reported here at One by One Safe Haven, but it was still a good read. The hospital in the story recently created a formal plan for what to do when a parent wishes to relinquish their rights to their child. It includes […]
Age Limits for Safe Haven Laws
I very much enjoyed this article. It appears to be written from a younger perspective, which I like. I wish more young people who write about Safe Haven Laws. It is a good form of peer pressure since most parents who abandon newborns are teens. All it takes to spread the word so fewer babies […]
Non-Legal Guardian Gives Child to Safe Haven
I have a bit of a mystery for you today. A 4-year-old little boy was dropped off at a Houston fire station. He was well over the age limits for Safe Haven, but the fire station accepted him to help keep him safe. The mysterious part is, the woman who dropped him off was not […]
