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A '''Safe Haven Law''' is a law (either within a country or a sub-jurisdiction, such as a state) which allows the parent of a newborn (generally, the mother, and usually a young unmarried girl) to voluntarily "turn over" a newborn infant to the state (and thus irrevocably surrender parental rights to him/her) without fear of legal action (i.e. child abandonment charges), provided that (depending on the specific law) the newborn is turned over within a given period after birth and at a specified location (such as a hospital, fire station, or police station).

A '''Safe Haven Law''' is a law (either within a country or a sub-jurisdiction, such as a state) which allows the parent of a newborn (generally, the mother, and usually a young unmarried girl) to voluntarily "turn over" a newborn infant to the state (and thus irrevocably surrender parental rights to him/her) without fear of legal action (i.e. child abandonment charges), provided that (depending on the specific law) the newborn is turned over within a given period after birth and at a specified location (such as a hospital, fire station, or police station).  The law may also be titled a '''Baby [[Moses]] Law''' after the [[Old Testament]] story, or named for an abandoned infant in the state who's story led to the law's passage.

Another option which is becoming popular (due to the parent not wanting to be seen, often in a small town where people usually know everyone else) is a '''safe haven baby box''', a specially-designed and built unit within a building (similar to a night drop off box at a bank, although considerably larger) where a mother can leave a newborn anonymously, placing the infant in the baby box triggers a silent alarm for a responder to retrieve the baby (from the interior of the building).  The concept began in [[Indiana]] due to the efforts of Monica Kelsey, who herself was abandoned at a hospital in 1973.

Another option which is becoming popular (due to the parent not wanting to be seen, often in a small town where people usually know everyone else) is a '''safe haven baby box''', a specially-designed and built unit within a building (similar to a night drop off box at a bank, although considerably larger) where a mother can leave a newborn anonymously, placing the infant in the baby box triggers a silent alarm for a responder to retrieve the baby (from the interior of the building).  The concept began in [[Indiana]] due to the efforts of Monica Kelsey, who herself was abandoned at a hospital in 1973.