n 1999 Texas became the first U.S. state to pass an infant Safe Haven law. Today, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have enacted variations of the law. These laws were passed to aid mothers in crisis and protect their babies from abandonment and infanticide. Instead of abandonment, Safe Haven laws encourage mothers in desperate situations to relinquish their babies to a safe location where they can be cared for and eventually provided with loving families. Unfortunately, cases of babies being abandoned to die still occur. In 2019, for example, 18 babies were relinquished safely under the Safe Haven law in Texas, but 15 babies were illegally abandoned, and of those 15, five perished.[1] These cases have stoked the fervor with which organizations and state offices are working to increase awareness and expand Safe Haven laws.