Baby Box billboard campaign

Published July 18, 2019

A statewide billboard campaign organized by Arkansas Right to Life kicked off in June to promote the new Safe Haven Law and Safe Haven Baby Boxes. On June 14 the first billboard was installed in Harrison. The amended law will take effect July 24 and is designed to protect babies from being hurt or killed from abandonment by parents who are unwilling or unable to parent. Under the law parents may give up their infant anonymously at a hospital emergency room, law enforcement agency or manned fire station. The first Safe Haven Box is set to be dedicated in Arkansas in September. Safe Haven Baby Boxes are heated and cooled incubators with alarm systems, so 911 is notified as soon as a baby is placed inside. They are one way parents can be completely anonymous when surrendering their child.