A Florida fight over 'baby boxes' is part of a bigger culture war | WUSF Public Media

A Florida fight over 'baby boxes' is part of a bigger culture war | WUSF Public Media

• A debate is developing in the Florida Legislature over a measure that would allow fire stations and hospitals to install boxes where distressed mothers could leave their unwanted newborns.

"...An existing state law, supported and promoted by the Miami-based A Safe Haven, allows parents to surrender newborns to firefighters and hospital workers without giving their names. 

A new bill, supported by the Indiana-based Safe Haven Baby Boxes, would give fire stations and hospitals the option to install the group’s ventilated and climate-controlled boxes, where parents could drop off their babies without interacting with fire or hospital employees...