Village Government
Police Department:
Safe Haven for Newborn Babies
The Abandoned Newborn Infant Act offers a protected legal alternative to unsafe infant abandonment. There are many new mothers who feel there is nowhere to turn because she simply cannot take care of her child or other reasons that she feels and does not know how or who to ask for help.
An unharmed newborn up to 30 days old may be handed off to a staff member at a hospital, an emergency medical care facility, police station, firehouse, college/university police department, or Illinois State Police district headquarters with NO QUESTIONS ASKED, AND NO FEAR OF PROSECUTION.
For more information, visit the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation website.
