Explaining the Safe Haven Law in Wisconsin
January 17, 2021 9:09 AM Tyler Job
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – If you have a child you are unable to take care of, there are ways to make sure they are given the best life possible.
Wisconsin has a Safe Haven Law, which allows parents to give up their baby child under three days old to any first responder.
Recently, a Wisconsin teen was charged for killing his infant daughter.
Officials want you to know that there are options available if you can not take care of your child.
“The main goal is really for infant safety. And we know in these situations that families may be feeling a lot of crisis. The intention is likely that they have not ever intended to parent and they’re not quite sure what to do. So we want to make sure that their baby is safe and well cared for,” Gundersen Health System clinical manager Jennifer Linse said.
Newborn baby abandoned at Glenview rehab center, police say
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GLENVIEW, Ill. (WLS) A newborn baby was found abandoned at a rehabilitation center in north suburban Glenview, police said.
The abandoned baby was discovered around 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500-block of Greenwood Road, according to a statement from the Glenview Police Department.
The baby was transported to Lutheran General Hospital in stable condition, police said.
Glenview police said the child s mother was located and is in stable condition at Evanston Hospital.
Illinois Safe Haven Law allows parents to leave their baby with workers at a hospital or fire station with no questions asked, as long as the baby has not been hurt and is less than 30 days old.
Mother of 3 newborns abandoned at apartment complexes found, could face charges, police say
Babies were found in 2016, 2017 and 2019
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DNA testing has shown three newborn babies found abandoned years apart at an Orlando, Florida apartment complex are all siblings. (WESH)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police say they have found the biological mother of the three newborns left at apartment complexes across a span of three years.
The babies were found in 2016, 2017 and in 2019 on different doorsteps. Officers learned last year via DNA evidence the three are siblings.
The most recent infant was found in July 2019 at the Willow Key Apartments on Arnold Palmer Drive. A note found with the baby said the mother left him because she was in fear of the child’s father, according to police.
Orlando police identify mother who abandoned her three newborns
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Orlando police have identified the mother of 3 babies abandoned years apart.
ORLANDO, Fla. - New developments in the case of three abandoned babies discovered at apartment doorsteps over the past four years. DNA proves all of them are related and on Wednesday, Orlando Police said they have identified the mother.
Police said the mother hid those three pregnancies from the father and her family and even delivered the babies herself. Police say she abandoned them as an act of desperation, but because of the way she left them, she could be facing criminal charges.