Bill would allow anonymous infant surrender

Under current Georgia law, if a new mother is considering the unthinkable of giving up her baby, that mother must come face to face with a worker at a hospital, a fire station or a law enforcement facility. It is a thing that happens but every so often, a handful of cases across the country a year, that face to face meeting may be too much for a mother in ultimate crisis and that baby is left somewhere, alone. According to the National Safe Haven Alliance, in 2021, 31 babies were placed in dumpsters, found in backpacks or discarded in other dangerous locations. 22 of these infants were found already deceased. 

Safe Haven Laws allowed for 73 babies that could have been part of the number of abandonments to be taken in by a professional and cared for until adoption.