Resources
Last updated January 7, 2008
ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSED TO (or critical of) SAFE HAVENS
Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization
www.bastards.org
Bastard Nation: Legalized Baby Abandonment Laws Fact Sheet
www.bastards.org/mediaroom/babyAbandonment.html
Bastard Nation: Baby Abandonment Bibliography
www.bastards.org/mediaroom/abandonmentReader.html
Bastard Nation: Statement on Legalized Abandonment Laws
www.bastards.org/activism/legalized-abandonment.html
Bastard Nation: Response to Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Report on Safe Haven Laws
www.bastards.org/activism/EBDreport.html
Bastard Nation: What Critics of Baby Abandonment Laws Are Saying
http://www.bastards.org/alert/babydump-quotes.htm
About.adoption.com
Rebuttal: Save Haven Laws Seriously Flawed by Erik L. Smith
http://adoption.about.com/cs/adoptionrights/a/safehave_flaw.htm
Adoptees Caucus for Truth:
Baby Dump Information Page
www.babydump.cjb.net
Advocates for Pregnant Women
www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org
American Adoption Congress
Statement on Legalized Abandonment Laws
www.americanadoptioncongress.org/position-statements.htm
Babyklappe Nein Danke! (Baby Flaps–No Thanks!) (Germany) (Google translation)
Opposed to “baby flaps” and anonymous Born Under X practices in Germany
http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.anonyme-babyklappe.de/content/start.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNein%2BDanke%2B%2522Babyklappe%2522%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG%26as_qdr%3Dall
Canadian Council of Natural Mothers (CCNM)/Conseil canadien des meres naturelles (CCMN) (English and French)
www.nebula.on.ca/canbmothers
Child’s Best Interest
Fathers and children’s rights
www.childsbestinterest.org
Concerned United Birth Parents
http://www.cubirthparents.org
Coordination des Actions pour les Droit a la Connaissance des Origins (CADCO) (France)
French adoptee rights organization
www.cadco.asso.fr
Daily Bastardete blog
www.bastardette.blogspot.com
Erik L. Smith/Ohio Family Law
http://www.ohiofamilylaw.net
Erik L. Smith/Ohio Family Law
The Government Helping to Hide Children from Fathers: Ohio’s “Safe Haven” Law and the Separation of Powers Doctrine
http://www.eriksmith.org/content/Article/?id=1
Ethica: A Voice for Ethical Adoption
www.ethicanet.org
Ethica:
Position Paper on Safe Haven Laws
www.ethicanet.org/item.asp?recordid=safehaven&pagestyle=default
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptioninstitute.org
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Press Release and “Unintended Consequences: “Safe Haven Laws are Causing Problems, Not Solving Them
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/whowe/lastreport_coverpage.html
Keall Foundation
www.keallfoundation.com (under construction)
Les X–Colere (Angry X!) (France)
Militant adoptee rights organization whose membership is made up of those who were legally abandoned under France’s “X Laws” (English and French)
www.x-en-colere.org
Massachusetts Families for Kids
www.csrox.org/mffk
Origins-USA
http://www.originsusa.org
Spence-Chapin Adoption Services
Statement on Safe Havens
http://www.spence-chapin.org/016.html
Spence Chapin Adoption Services:
Adoption: A Safer Haven
http://www.spence-chapin.org/images/safer_haven.pdf.
Tere des Homes (German language)
Deuutssschland: 30 Totungen von Neugeborenen im Jahr 2003
http://www.tdh.de/content/themen/weitere/babyklappe/studie_toetung.htm
ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SAFE HAVENS
National Council for Adoption
Various press releases and policy statements from major SH advocate
www.adoptioncouncil.org
NCFA chart of state laws
www.adoptioncouncil.org/docs/Chart-Safe%20Haven.pdf
New Hampshire Citizens for Life
NHCFL “fact sheet” on Safe Havens
http://www.iavaan.org/citizensfor%20life.htm
Project Cuddle
www.projectcuddle.org
Changed sides
SAFE HAVEN/BABY MOSES ORGANIZATIONS
NEW! NATIONAL SAFE HAVEN ALLIANCE
NEW! NATIONAL SAFE SURRENDER SITE DATABASE www.safesurrendersite.com
NEW! My Space Baby Safe Haven http://www.myspace.com/.babysafehaven
ALABAMA: A Secret Place for Newborns http://www.secretsafeplace.org/
ARIZONA: Safe Baby http://www.tucsonsafebaby.org/
CALIFORNIA: Garden of Angels http://www.gardenofangels.org/
CALIFORNIA: Garden of Innocence http://www.gardenofinnocence.com/
CALIFORNIA: Baby Foundation www.babyfoundation.org
CALIFOR NIA: Los Angeles County Safely Surrended Baby Law: http://babysafela.org
CALIFORNIA: Calilfornia State Safe Haven page: http://www.babysafe.ca.
FLORIDA: A Safe Place for Newborns http://www.asafehavenfornewborns.com/
IDAHO: Safe Haven Act http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/DesktopModules/ArticlesSortable/ArticlesSrtView.aspx?tabID=0&alias=Rainbow?=en-US&ItemID=1183&mid=10964
ILLINOIS: Save Abandoned Babies Foundation http://www.saveabandonedbabies.org/
INDIANA: Newborn Lifeline Network http://www.newbornlifeline.com/
INDIANA: Safe Haven http://www.safehaven.tv/about_the_law/
IOWA: Overfiew of Safe Haven Act and Practices http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/safehaven/safehaven.asp
LOUISIANA: Department of Social Services http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ocs/Safe_Haven.html
MASSACHUSETTS: Project REBA http://members.aol.com/dtvpro/Rebecca.html
MASSACHUSETTS: Baby Safe Haven Yes http://www.babysafehavenyes.org
MICHIGAN: Safe Delivery http://www.michigan.gov/fia/1,1607,7-124-5452_7124_7200—,00.html
MINNESOTA: Safe Place for Newborns http://safeplacefornewborns.com/
MONTANA: Montana Safe Haven Newborn Protection Act http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/about_us/divisions/child_family_services/publications/montana_safe_haven_newborn.htm
NEVADA: Hope for Babies www.safehavennevada.org
NEW YORK: AMT Children of Hope Foundation http://www.amtchildrenofhope.com/
NORTH CAROLINA: www.safesurrender.net
PENNSYLVANIA: A Hand to Hold http://www.ahandtohold.org/i ndex.h tm
UTAH: http://www.utahsafehaven.org
WASHINGTON: Safe Place for Newborns http://www.safeplacefornewborns.org/statefiles/wa.html
EDUCATIONAL LINKS
Bureau of Justice Statistics:
Homicide trends in the US: Infanticide statistical charts
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/children.htm
Allen Guttmacher Institute
State Policy Brief
Survey of Safe Haven Laws by State
www.agi-usa.org/pubs/spib_IA.pdf (Acrobat required)
Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
University of California, Berkeley
http://aia.berkeley.edu/
Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
Discarded Infants and Neonaticide: A Review of the Literature
(go to AIA page and click on report link)
Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
Boarder Babies, Abandond Infants, and Discarded Infants (Dec. 2005)
http://aia.berkeley.edu/information_resources/abandoned_infants.html
Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
Expediting Permancy for Abandoned Infants (2002)
http://aia.berkeley.edu/publications/fact_sheets/boader_defs.html
American Public Health Association:
Baby Abandonment Laws: Is the Solution Worse Than the Problem?
Paper presented by Mary Zoller, Division of Women’s and Infant’s Health, Virginia Department of Health at the 2002 APHA conference
http://apha.confex.com/apha/htsearch.cgi (type in her name to reach abstract and paper)
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
List of Enacted Safe haven Legislation up to August 2002
http://www.cwla.org/programs/pregprev/flocrittsafehaven.htm#oh
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Monograph on Safe Havens
www.cwla.org/programs/baby/babymonoraph.pdg (Acrobat required)
Sally Howard’s Finding Me in a Paper Bag page
http://www.findingmeinapaperbag.com
Journal of the American Medical Society (JAMA)
Abstract: Newborns killed left to die by parent, March 19, 2003 (abstract free; full text by fee only)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/11/1425?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=%22safe+haven%22&searchid=1061566618389_1785&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=jama
National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
www.naphsis.org
National Center on Child Fatality Review (NCFR)
http://ican-ncfr.org (links to each states)
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Update: Safe Havens for Abandoned Infants, July 21, 2003
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/ailaws.htm#Rights
National Center for State Courts
Adoption Trends in 2002: Infant Abandonment and Safe Haven Legislation
http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/KIS_Adopt_Trends03Haven.pdf
Safe Motherhood
www.safremotherhood.org
Safe Motherhood:
Adolescent Sexuality and Childbearing Fact Sheet
www.safemotherhood.org/facts_and_figures/adolescent_sexuality.htm
Safe Motherhood:
Every Pregnancy Faces Risks Fact Sheet
www.safemotherhood.org/facts_and_figures/every_pregnancy.htm
Safe Motherhood:
Maternal Mortality
http://www.safemotherhood.org/facts_and_figures/maternal_mortality.htm
Safe Motherhood: Priorities for Safe Motherhood
www.safemotherhood.org/smpriorities/index.html
Sherwin’s Abandoned Baby Webpage
Web page of Sherwin Moscovitch’s, abandoned at birth
www.itsmyidea.com/sherwin
MISCELLANEOUS
McCorvey/Cano Safe Haven arguments to overturn Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton
*.. Justice Foundation Press Release, June 24, 2003: Pursuit of justice in Roe v Wade 60 motion moves forward; TJF legal team previews next step: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=162-06242003
*.. McCorvey Petition: http://www.operationoutcry.org/FINALBriefinSupportofRule60Motionchgd.pdf
beginning at the bottom of page 22 (specific part of McCorvey petition)
*.. Justice Foundation Press release, August 25, 2003: Women across the nation join historic effort: “Mary Doe file s to reverse Doe v Bolton abortion decision; Roe” to join “Doe” http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=115-08252003
Kailee Wells
Kailee Wells, 7, was abandoned as a newborn in China and adopted by Linda and Owen Wells. She suffered from aplastic anemia due to a lack of bone marrow donor. She is currently in remission and doing well.
a. Kailee Wells page: http://www.kaileegetwells.com/index.htm
b. Kailee Wells updates: http://www.kaileegetwells.com/update.htm
c.. Aplasic anema and ways to help: http://www.kaileegetwells.com/ways_to_help.htm
CANADA: Bone marrow information: www.bloodservics.ca
Coram Family Page: Foundling Museum
http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm