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Massachusetts Baby Safe Haven statute

Newborn Abandoned: Springfield Police Looking For Mom Newborn Abandoned: Springfield Police Looking For Mom
Newborn Abandoned: Springfield Police Looking For Mom Police in Hamden County are asking the public to help them find the mother of a newborn baby who was found abandoned in the middle of the night at a Springfield home Friday, March 17.  The baby was found just after 12:30 p.m. wrapped in blankets and sitting in a car seat at a house on Entrybrook Drive, Springfield police said on Monday. Authorities took it to Baystate Medical Center for evaluation.  It's unclear how old it was.  The Massachusetts Baby Safe Haven statute allows a mother to legally surrender a child under seven days old to a hospital, police, or fire station w…