Abandoned Babies

• Safe site for surrendering newborns opens in Manitoba

  Hope's Cradle, based out of the Landmark Fire Hall in the Rural Municipality of Tache, provides an alternative to abandonment for Manitoba parents unable to care for their babies.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2023
  
• Safe surrender sites for abandoned newborns being met with reluctance in Alberta

  They're a last resort for desperate mothers: baby boxes where newborns are safely surrendered. But the charity advocating for them to be set up in fire halls is hitting obstacles.

  Features

  Sep 22, 2022
  
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• Radio host apologizes for on-air claim South Asian women abandoning babies at B.C. hospital

  The apology came weeks after a broadcast in which the host alleged South Asian mothers 'deliver their kids by the dozen and leave right away' at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2022
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• Hope’s Cradle in southern Alberta to provide safe alternative to baby abandonment

  Babies being abandoned in unsafe places and left to die is something that happens. It's why a police officer and a charity are partnering to keep newborns alive.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2021
• Ontario woman, group pushes for safe haven legislation to protect mothers in distress

  Lisa Hill is fighting for legislation in Ontario that would decriminalize the abandonment of babies in safe places.

  Canada

  May 23, 2018
• Ontario needs ‘Angel’s Cradle’ for unwanted babies, group says

  The Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness aims to give abandoned babies a respectful burial while raising awareness for services that would allow women to anonymously give up an unwanted infant.

  Jan 28, 2014