PPFFPP.org Opposes Legalized Abandonment

Legalized abandonment legislation is called "Safe Haven" in the U.S., "Baby Hatches" in Japan and Babyklappenin or "Baby Flaps" Germany.

Legalized abandoment creates serious negative consequences and undermines established child-welfare and protection practices.  

Legalized abandonment has been shown to cause more harm than it is intended to prevent, and is contrary to ethical public policy about reproductive freedom. Such programs are in direct opposition to, and violate all principles of family preservation and ethical adoption practices.

Legalized abandonment via so-called "Safe Havens":  
 
* allow anyone to abandon a baby other than the mother and/or father.
* do not provide waiting periods, counseling or option and resources referrals to families in crisis.
* do not require the same parental notification pro-lifers have promoted for years.
* encourage young women to forgo prenatal care resulting in dramatically higher infant and maternal mortality rates.
* discourage the creation of families and ignore the rights of fathers.
* abandonments increasingly appear to be driven by economics

Families in crisis need education; objective ethical counseling; information on all resources, referral agencies and options; prenatal and delivery care; job training, housing, and day care assistance – not help in abandoning all, along with their babies.   

“The women who would have put their kids in a Dumpster are still doing it” despite Safe Haven legislation.

Adam Pertman, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Are Safe Havens in Keeping with a Pro-Life Position?

Organizations Opposed to Safe Havens

Critics of Safe Havens Part I: Legislators and other State Officials

Critics of Safe Havens Part II: Clergy and Others