Left with Love: Inside the Baby Box Movement

Bill Funding Baby Boxes Heads to Missouri Governor's Desk

The rescue boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

Left with Love: Inside the Baby Box Movement

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - A year ago, Abilene introduced a safe option for new parents to surrender their newborns who are less than 60 days old. KTAB's special, "Left with Love: Inside the Baby Box Movement," uncovers the emotional stories behind baby boxes—haven drop-offs that save newborn lives and give families hope. WATCH TONIGHT: Left with Love, Inside the Baby Box Movement The Safe Haven Baby Box in Abilene is located at Fire Sta…

Bill funding newborn rescue boxes heads to Missouri governor

Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis (Photo courtesy of Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications)A bill that would help fund the installation of rescue boxes for parents in crisis to anonymously relinquish newborns to the state is headed to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe. State Rep. Jim Murphy, a St. Louis Republican and the sponsor of the “Safe Place for Newborns Fund,” called his legislation “a pro-life bill that everybody agrees with.”  That was nearly tru…