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The Board of Directors of the
Children's Advocacy Center accepted the challenge to coordinate the
Safe Baby Site project for Johnson County. The Baby Moses Law
enacted in 199 provides a responsible alternative to parents who might
otherwise abandon, neglect or harm a newborn child. It states
that a parent may leave an unharmed infant, up to sixty days old, at
any hospital, fire station or designated Emergency Medical Provider,
with no questions asked and no penalty to the parent.
Texas State Law 262.301 and 262.302
This project entails making sure
that every Safe Baby Site that has been designed by the Baby Moses Law
has personnel trained about the law and how to react in situations
where a new born child is placed into their care by a parent rather
than being abandoned. 25% of all abandoned babies don't survive.
The Baby Moses Law has been around
since 1999 but there was not a great deal of media that followed this
law being put into place. Therefore, there have still been many
Texas children abandoned and left to die in trash dumpsters and dark
alleys. It is our hope that through a massive training effort,
public awareness media pieces, and speaking presentations that we can
prevent any other babies in Johnson County from facing this fate.
Our Board has provided training for
all sites and is currently working on the production of a training
video that will be distributed to all fire stations, mobile baby sites
and hospitals. |
