With the goal of preventing illegal abandonment of newborns by raising awareness, Missouri opened its first Safe Haven Baby Box (SHBB) last week in St. Louis. The baby boxes are an option to help struggling parents and families, which coincides with the Missouri Safe Haven Law. In Missouri, infants 45 days old or younger can be handed over to an employee at a police station, hospital, fire station, maternity home or pregnancy resource center. If the baby has not been neglected or abused, parents will face no prosecution, according to www. kcpd.org. “Missouri is taking more strides to ensure the safety and well-being of newborns by implementing the first and only SHBB in operation just a few years after passing legislation to allow another option for struggling parents,” said Peggy McGaugh in her capitol report. “The Missouri legislature passed language in 2021 allowing SHBB to be used and now the first baby rescue box was installed in Missouri at the Mehlville Fire Protection…