Safe Haven Laws – KS

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
According to the Act, a parent or other person having lawful custody of an infant may surrender physical custody of an infant not older than 45 days to any employee who is on duty at a fire station, city or county health department, or medical care facility.  Additionally, the Act requires that the infant must not be subject to any
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Safe Haven Laws – IA

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
The Iowa Safe Haven Law enables a person to give up an unwanted infant, 14 days or younger, anonymously without fear of arrest or prosecution, to any medical facility, hospital, or emergency room. As long as there are no signs of intentional abuse on the baby, no information is required of the person leaving the baby. Any knowledge of the date
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Safe Haven Laws – IN

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
The Indiana Safe Haven Law enables a person to give up an unwanted infant, 45 days or younger, anonymously without fear of arrest or prosecution at any EMS provider, hospital, or fire station. As long as there are no signs of intentional abuse on the baby, no information is required of the person leaving the baby.
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Safe Haven Laws- IL

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
The law allows a parent to relinquish an unharmed infant 30 days or younger, legally, safely, and anonymously with no fear of prosecution or questions asked, to personnel at a hospital, emergency medical facility, fire or police station.
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Safe Haven Laws – ID

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
According to the Act, custodial parents may abandon their unwanted newborns not older than 30 days without fear of prosecution at any hospital, clinic, EMS provider, and emergency room.
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Safe Haven Laws- HI

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
Safe haven laws permit any person to surrender a newborn not older than 72 hours at any hospital, fire station, police station, or with any emergency services personnel without fear of prosecution. The newborn must be in an unharmed condition while surrendering it.
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Safe Haven Laws – GA

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
In Georgia, a safe haven law allows mothers of newborns up to 7 days old to drop off the child at a medical facility, hospital, birth center, institutional infirmary, and health center without fear of prosecution for abandoning the infant.
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Safe Haven Laws – FL

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
The Safe Haven Law is a safety net which allows parents to leave their unharmed newborns, not more than a week old, at any Hospital, Fire Station, or EMS Station anonymously and without fear of prosecution.
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Safe Haven Laws – DC

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
You can leave your unharmed baby, up to 14 days old, with an employee at any hospital emergency room, police station, or fire station in the District of Columbia.
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Safe Haven Laws – DE

by Kylie Michieli | November 19, 2021
You can leave your unharmed baby, up to 14 days old, with an employee at any hospital emergency room in Delaware.
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