[Supv. Knabe] – Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe is proud to announce that the County’s Safe Surrender Program celebrated success for the second time in less than a month with the report of a safely surrendered newborn baby girl early Wednesday morning.
The latest safe surrender occurred at a hospital in Los Angeles. On March 11, a baby boy was safely surrendered to a paramedic in Gardena — less than 72 hours after a celebration in Grand Park to honor the lives that have been saved and all the families that have been created by the Safe Surrender program.
As is standard practice, the newborn is in protective custody and will be placed with families approved for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services.
“It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to give up a child, but this mother bravely made the better choice for her baby girl—No shame. No blame. No names,” said Supervisor Knabe. “Though we’ve been able to save the lives of 128 babies so far, we need to continue spreading the word that there is a safe, secure and anonymous way for mothers, who find themselves in a desperate situation, to get their baby into safe hands—at any fire station or hospital, any time—and protect them from abandonment.”
This is the fourth Safe Surrender in Los Angeles County in 2015, and the 128th since the program began nearly 14 years ago. The program was initiated by Supervisor Knabe and approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors in 2001. It allows someone to surrender an infant that is no more than three days old, as long as the infant shows no signs of abuse.
To learn more about the Safe Surrender Program, visit BabySafeLA.org.
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17 Comments
Beautiful
❤
Happy to hear
Thank you
Hats off to the Mom or Dad… nothing like reading this beautiful stories…I hope this surrender inspired others.
Thank God!
Thank God!
Bittersweet for me to read,BUT a Bkessing for the babes.
Bittersweet for me to read,BUT a Bkessing for the babes.
Good for them making a safe choice for their baby. Well done
I’m so happy to know they didn’t just throw her in a dumpster…….God Bless the mother, father and the little baby girl. Amen
Between this and legal abortions, people will hopefully continue to do the right thing.
So….you want more Los Angeles citizens to promote this law? As well as continue to keep abortion legal? Sounds good.
This. Is s wonderful program. Every state needs one like this.
Amen!
Amen!