Riley says being a Safe Haven baby makes her feel awesome and strong
January 22, 2019Being a Safe Haven baby makes eight-year-old Riley feel awesome and strong. With much charm and confidence, Riley says, “When I first knew I was […]
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‘The Chance at Life’: My Safe Haven Story
December 7, 2018Many people are unaware that if a parent of a newborn child in Illinois feels unable or unwilling to keep their baby, he or she […]
“Hope’s Garden” Continues to Produce Fresh Vegetables for the Less Fortunate
September 13, 2018Hope’s Garden was started in the spring of 2017 by the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office. Since then, the garden has produced healthy and very needed […]
Pace buses to advertise Illinois Baby Safe Haven law
June 26, 2018CHICAGO, IL – A campaign is being launched by Illinois officials and advocates to promote the Safe Haven Law that allows babies to be turned […]
‘Safe Haven’ Baby, Now 10 And Thriving, Retraces Her First Steps
October 4, 2017“Baby Sunday” was born 10 years ago in the emergency room of West Suburban Medical Center. Her birth mother immediately handed her over to hospital […]
Baby Hope honored in Wheaton as police seek answers in her death
April 26, 2017Trinity Haack and Zoe Wituk were reunited yesterday at a Wheaton Park. These two toddlers share a story. Both were relinquished at safe havens in […]
Lake in the Hills Family Adopts daughter under Safe Haven law
April 15, 2017Jenny Paul knows that one day her 2-year-old daughter, Megan, will begin asking questions about her birth mother that Jenny won’t have answers to.
Ex-U of Illinois Student Sentenced in Newborn’s Death
April 8, 2017On Friday, a 21-year-old former University of Illinois college student was sentenced to ten years in prison for the suffocation murder of her newborn son, […]
Follow-up file: Moline’s ‘Baby Girl April’ case still unsolved
March 26, 2017In April of 1992, a body of a full-term newborn girl was found on the bank of the Mississippi River by a man who was […]
The Safe Haven Law, 15 Years Later
November 22, 201615 years ago, Illinois passed the “Safe Haven Law” which allows the legal surrender of newborns to staff at safe haven locations with no questions asked. Since […]