The first infant in Kentucky was anonymously dropped off at one of the state's “baby box” safe surrender locations. A 2021 law allows parents to surrender their newborns.
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This is the 24th child in the country to be surrendered at one of more than 130 baby boxes and drawers established across nine states by Safe Haven Baby Boxes. The Bowling Green Fire Department's Safe Haven Baby Box at BGFD's Fire Station 7 is seen Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Safe Haven Baby Boxes Founder Monica Kelsey speaks at a news conference at a Bowling Green Fire Department station, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.
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