According to the Associated Press, mothers are now able to drop off their unwanted babies in a safe and anonymous manner with the Safe Haven Baby Box. This is the first baby drop-box to be available in America, and comes after states like Ohio cut funding for Planned Parenthood.

The first two Safe Haven Baby Boxes were set up in Indiana, and were open to the public this past Tuesday. On the Safe Haven Baby Boxes website, the locations are in Michigan City, Indiana, while the other one is located at the Woodburn Volunteer Fire Department in Woodburn, Indiana. According to The website also explains, "These boxes have a heating and cooling unit and are equipped with ADT trips so emergency personnel will be notified within 30 seconds that there is a newborn placed in the box. The child will then be picked up by EMS within 3-5 minutes."

Monica Kelsey, the founder of the Safe Haven Baby Boxes, says the women who reach out to them are provided other options for their situation before the baby boxes are mentioned. Each baby box can cost up to $2000, and the first 100 boxes in the program will be paid for by the Knights of Columbus of Indiana, which is a Catholic-based church.

Source: complex.com