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Experts and parents back a task force on voluntary infant surrender; debate over baby boxes and confidential birth continues
Summary
Experts, child advocates and parents supported SB156 to create a task force on voluntary infant surrender. Testimony highlighted safe‑haven law limits, recommended confidential birth options and better public outreach, and produced mixed views about baby boxes and the need for regulation and anonymity protections.
A bipartisan mix of experts, child advocates and people with lived experience told the Committee on Children that a task force to study voluntary infant surrender (SB156) is warranted and should consider a wider set of policy options — including confidential birth, better hospital policies, expanded surrender options such as 911 handoffs, and careful study of baby boxes.
Laurie Bruce, a research scientist and bioethicist at Yale University, told the committee safe‑haven laws are intended as a narrow safety net used rarely (roughly 100 parents per…
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