FL Bill Would Create Drop Boxes For Unwanted Babies

The Orlando Sentinel reports:

In the medieval ages, mothers would emerge under the cover of night, head to the church, and place their unwanted newborns in turntables embedded in the walls, where, on the other side, a nun would take them. A version of the practice may soon return in Florida. A bill passed unanimously in the House and advancing in the Senate would allow fire departments, hospitals and EMS stations to install high-tech “newborn infant safety devices,” commonly referred to as “baby boxes,” into their walls.

The technology, currently in use in a few states, is designed such that parents, particularly mothers, can drop their babies inside and walk away, never interacting with another person. The legislation seems innocuous at first glance — what could be less controversial than saving babies’ lives? But some say the baby boxes, advancing in the Legislature at the same time as a six-week abortion ban, are immoral, even dangerous.

Read the full article. Florida, like most states, already allows babies to be surrendered in person at fire stations with no questions asked.

There are about 19,000 children in foster care in Florida. About 500 of children waiting for permanent placement are without identified families. So where are these babies going to go? https://t.co/vLMGzemzhb

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