State Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis County, who wrote the 2021 law allowing safe haven baby boxes in Missouri, believes every hospital should have one. He told Missourinet that so far, it’s firehouses that have stepped up to install them. “I’m pressuring the...
Missouri has about eight babies abandoned anonymously each year. That’s according to state Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis. He has pre-filed House Bill 121, which would fund the installation of more drop-off boxes for parents to anonymously surrender their newborns....
The Mehlville Fire Protection District in eastern Missouri recently saved a baby who was placed in Missouri’s only safe haven baby box. The box is at one of the district’s fire stations. Alisa Nelson talks to Fire Chief Brian Hendricks about that very day that the...
