A new bill would allow "Baby Drop Boxes" to be a legal way to surrender a baby without any legal repercussions.
This is so sad but Florida is number 3 on the list for most illegal infant abandonments.
Apparently since 2017, 19 babies have been illegally abandoned in the state.
Right now it is legal to surrender a baby to a fire station or hospital, but sometimes, the face-to-face interaction can be a big deterrent, causing mothers to leave their newborns in unsafe places or just out on the door step of some of these places.
A new bill was just introduced that would expand the Florida Safe Haven Law to include baby boxes as a legal option to surrender a baby.
These boxes currently exists in Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Arizona.They are placed at fire stations and hospitals, and allow the mother or father to safely surrender their child without having to interact with anyone.
The boxes are temperature controlled and trigger a silent alarm when opened so authorities know a baby has been dropped off.