Michigan Governor Vetoes Bills Allowing Installation of Safe Haven Baby Boxes at Fire Departments, Hospitals

Michigan Governor Vetoes Bills Allowing Installation of Safe Haven Baby Boxes at Fire Departments, Hospitals

LANSING, Mich. — The Republican governor of Michigan has vetoed a package of bills that would have granted permission for fire departments, police stations and hospitals within the state to install baby boxes where mothers could anonymously surrender their newborns without criminal prosecution, stating that he believes that Michigan’s existing safe haven law is sufficient […]

Michigan Lawmakers Pass Bills Approving Installation of Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Effort to Save Newborn Lives

Michigan Lawmakers Pass Bills Approving Installation of Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Effort to Save Newborn Lives

LANSING, Mich. — Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a package of bills that authorize emergency workers to install baby boxes at fire stations and other locations in an effort to save newborns that might otherwise be abandoned in dumpsters or killed by their mothers. “The purpose is so that children are not dumped in dumpsters […]

‘Saving Grace’: Newborn Placed Inside Safe Haven Box at Indiana Fire Station

‘Saving Grace’: Newborn Placed Inside Safe Haven Box at Indiana Fire Station

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A newborn baby with her umbilical cord still attached was placed inside of a safe haven box at an Indiana fire station on Sunday, and is now safe and being cared for at a local hospital. Coolspring Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mick Pawlik says that first responders’ pagers went off at approximately […]

Chinese Boy Without Ears Who Yearned to Be Adopted Now Happily Living With Forever Family

Chinese Boy Without Ears Who Yearned to Be Adopted Now Happily Living With Forever Family

A Chinese boy who was featured in a documentary last year about children in China who live in medical orphanages has now been adopted and lives with his forever family in Singapore. As previously reported, Wu Keyuan, now 8, was born without external ears and ear canals and had been abandoned outside an orphanage just a few days […]

Chinese Boy Born Without Ears, Abandoned Days After Birth, Yearns for Adoptive Family

Chinese Boy Born Without Ears, Abandoned Days After Birth, Yearns for Adoptive Family

An Asian television program that aired on Tuesday centered on disabled children in China who live in medical orphanages, specifically the story of a young Chinese boy who was born without ears, and who is waiting patiently for an adoptive family despite two years of watching others be chosen first. Wu Keyuan, 7, had been abandoned […]

Indiana Woman Pushes Back After State Groups Oppose Safe Haven Baby Boxes

Indiana Woman Pushes Back After State Groups Oppose Safe Haven Baby Boxes

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An Indiana woman is pushing back after being told that her safe haven baby boxes do not fall under current safe haven regulations and may result in abandonment charges for any mother who uses them. As previously reported, Monica Kelsey, founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, installed a box at a local firehouse in Michigan City […]

South Korean Pastor’s ‘Drop Box’ Inspires Georgia Women to Create ‘Hope Box’ to Save Babies

South Korean Pastor’s ‘Drop Box’ Inspires Georgia Women to Create ‘Hope Box’ to Save Babies

KENNESAW, Ga. — Two women in Georgia have launched a life-saving ministry that they call “The Hope Box” after being inspired by the documentary “The Drop Box,” which featured a South Korean pastor who rescues abandoned orphans through a drop-off at his home. “Being that we are the number one state in America for sex-trafficking, […]