Safe Cribs Act to Ban Crib Bumpers, Which Raise Risk of SIDS 3 Senators Proposed a Bill to Ban the Sale of Crib Bumpers, Which Increase the Risk of SIDS 8 Shares On April 20, Democratic Senators Tammy Duckworth and Richard Blumenthal and Republican Senator Rob Portman proposed a bipartisan bill, the Safe Cribs Act, which would ban the sale of crib bumpers nationwide. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that nothing be in a sleeping baby's crib with them throughout their first year of life, a majority of retailers that sell nursery and baby gear advertise bumpers that attach to the internal sides of a crib. These soft, often bulky bumpers, along with other loose bedding items like blankets, "could increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation, or strangulation" when left in a baby's sleep area.