Ours are at firestations so they are always observed. The babies would go straight to a hospital. So far, fine. Definitely beats throwing them in a dumpster. But then the babies have to go to CPS... The boxes are hardly used at all, anywhere. Did you know that there were baby drop-offs in convents, long ago?
Historically, convents and monasteries often were more the solution for what to do with surplus adults than with being dedicated to prayer. Especially ones who did not want to marry or weren't suited for usual occupations. No surprise many were not very holy places when part of the population was there for the wrong reasons, or that they would be poor caregivers. I don't hold that against all of them--people knew what to expect in various communities and were "called" to the ones that suited them. I know sad stories of one in Ireland. Culturally, illegitimate children were scorned and these sisters treated their charges very badly, even killing them. However, in general there haven't ever been good options anywhere for children without families. And it is still that way. Government care is often abusive, sometimes lifesaving. Just as hit or miss as workhouses and convents.
The boxes have silent alarms to alert someone and most boxes are at fire stations or medical facilities. They say it locks from the outside. Their claimed response time is 2 minutes.
32 babies have been safely surrendered in the Safe Haven Baby Boxes baby boxes. That's not a reliable source of babies. The most likely source of abuse associated with these boxes is CPS.
Ours are at firestations so they are always observed. The babies would go straight to a hospital. So far, fine. Definitely beats throwing them in a dumpster. But then the babies have to go to CPS... The boxes are hardly used at all, anywhere. Did you know that there were baby drop-offs in convents, long ago?
Have you read about what took place at the convents in Canada? They were definitely not safe places...
Historically, convents and monasteries often were more the solution for what to do with surplus adults than with being dedicated to prayer. Especially ones who did not want to marry or weren't suited for usual occupations. No surprise many were not very holy places when part of the population was there for the wrong reasons, or that they would be poor caregivers. I don't hold that against all of them--people knew what to expect in various communities and were "called" to the ones that suited them. I know sad stories of one in Ireland. Culturally, illegitimate children were scorned and these sisters treated their charges very badly, even killing them. However, in general there haven't ever been good options anywhere for children without families. And it is still that way. Government care is often abusive, sometimes lifesaving. Just as hit or miss as workhouses and convents.
The boxes have silent alarms to alert someone and most boxes are at fire stations or medical facilities. They say it locks from the outside. Their claimed response time is 2 minutes.
32 babies have been safely surrendered in the Safe Haven Baby Boxes baby boxes. That's not a reliable source of babies. The most likely source of abuse associated with these boxes is CPS.
The "thank you for your support" with the hands is pretty easy to make an upside down pentagram on.