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Kitchens co-authors safe haven baby box bill

If you are overwhelmed with the prospect of raising a child, you may have a new place to turn for help. Rep. Joel Kitchens teamed up with Rep. Ellen Schutt (R-Clinton) to author Assembly Bill 369 and Senate Bill 369, allowing Wisconsin to have an anonymous 24-hour, 7-day-a-week drop-off site for newborns through what are known as “baby boxes.” The baby boxes are often attached to hospitals, police stations, and fire departments and allow distressed parents a place to drop off their children, no questions asked. The boxes are monitored and alert medical professionals when they are in use. Kitchens’ involvement was spurred at the request of Door County Medical Center following the discovery of an infant in a field near Whitewater, Wis. Fourteen states, including nearby Iowa and Indiana, already use the boxes. Assembly Bill 369 will get its hearing this week after the Senate passed the bill with unanimous support earlier this month. 

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