A case of abandonment in macabre conditions. An 18-year-old young woman was arrested and incarcerated at the end of November in Idaho, in the United States, for abandoning her dead baby in a hospital. The little victim was found on October 13, reports Fox News.
The infant had been placed in a Safe Haven Baby Box, a device allowing young parents to legally and anonymously abandon a baby under 30 days old by placing him in a special box. This box emits an alarm as soon as a child is installed in it.
Illegal abandonment despite the box
“The hospital staff reacted immediately to the alarm,” explained the organization Safe Haven Baby Box in October on social networks. “The medical team recovered the child in less than a minute but quickly realized that he had died long before he was placed there. » The baby had been laid there in a blanket with the placenta still surrounding his body. “We are heartbroken,” testified the founder of the organization. “Let me be clear: this is deadly and illegal abandonment. Anonymity is only permitted when the abandoned child is in good health. »
In each state where Safe Haven Baby Box is established, a law specifies the contours of the use of the box. The child must be less than 30 days old, in good health and not have been abused. The young mother therefore risks being prosecuted for illegal abandonment and for not having reported the death of her baby to the authorities.
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