The Cardinal Independent

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana News Service) - Monica Kelsey brought a baby box to the Indiana Statehouse. Last fall, she joined lawmakers celebrating the 25th anniversary of the state’s Safe Haven Law , which allows parents to legally surrender their newborns to hospitals, police and firefighters. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Kelsey, a former paramedic, created the boxes, purported to give a desperate mother more anonymity: She can place her baby inside and walk away forever. When the door opens, alarms trigger first responders, who collect the baby. Kelsey got the idea while promoting abstinence on a 2013 trip to South Africa. The work is personal: Kelsey said her mother was raped as a teenager and left her at an Ohio hospital after giving birth. “I was one of those kids,” Kelsey, 52, said. “The unwanted kid everybody talks about.” Now, a facility in her hometown of Woo...