They look similar to book drops at the library! Similar idea.
Well done to the great state of Indiana.
It appears a major innovator in this, Monica Kelsey in the picture below, was herself an abandoned baby.
Indiana installs first ‘safe haven’ boxes to save abandoned newborns
WOODBURN, Indiana, May 10, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) -- With newborns increasingly abandoned, sometimes literally thrown in trash bins or flushed down toilets, one Indiana pro-life organization is installing "baby boxes" for mothers who feel they cannot care for their baby to ensure the child's safety.
When a mother opens the box – which is climate-controlled, padded, and circulates fresh air inside – a call is made to 911. The box automatically locks once the mother shuts its door. Motion sensors trigger a second, backup call to 911.
In three to five minutes, paramedics arrive and take the baby to the hospital for care. Indiana's Child Protective Services then takes custody of the child.
Monica Kelsey, who was abandoned as an infant herself, founded the Safe Haven Baby Boxes organization, which is sponsoring the depositories outside Indiana fire stations for mothers in crisis.
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