But why should that stop Patti Beth Anderson (aka the Minnie Pearl of Grand River) and her friend Chris Litezke from initiating a SHBB project to create a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist? But according to Anderson, there is a problem, and it is really weird: While the babies aren’t being abandoned on the side of the road, two newborn infants were left at local hospitals shortly after birth, she said.
Alaska: Emergency Bastard Nation/SSHBBN Joint Action Alert on SB9 Hearing Before the House Judiciary Committee, April 15, 2026
A hearing for SB9 is scheduled in the House Judiciary Committee on April 15 . We have little time to act.
BN and SHBBN have again submitted joint written testimony, revised from what we submitted in February. Here is the link.
Please join us and contact the House Judiciary Committee to voice your opposition to Safe Haven Baby Boxes. A few sentences are sufficient. If you have a connection to Alaska include it. All committee members will receive your testimony/letter sent to the address below. Please join us and contact the House Judiciary Committee to voice your opposition to Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
Bastard Nation/Stop Safe Haven Baby Boxes Now Joint Testimony in Opposition to SB9, House Judiciary Committee, SSHBBN, April 15 2026
Events leading up to the relinquishment of a child by any method, is not the first crisis in a mother’s life. How does sticking a baby in a box anonymously and walking away arrest that crisis and improve the lives of girls and women subjected to domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, poverty, substance abuse, lack of health care services and counseling, or suffering from the social and economic disconnect and dysfunction rampant in the US today? Add the overriding personal shame and disempowerment of anonymous baby abandonment embedded in this Devil’s mix, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster stamped with the promotion and approval of the state, and special interests
Alaska Senate Passes SB9; Opponent Sen. Loki Tobin Blows Pro Arguments Out of the Water. Watch the video!
Sen Loki Tobin, however, took her objections to the Senate floor a full-out mattress war, knowing, I am sure, that she was on the “losing” side, I won’t quote her since you can watch her full speech here. In the nearly 10 years of fighting baby boxes, this is the most stirring opposition from a lawmaker I have ever heard.
Joint Action Alert: Say No to 14 Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Jacksonville, Florida
We have only a few days to stop this….As crazy as it sounds, a few days ago Jacksonville, Florida City Councilman Rory Diamond filed Bill 2026-186, to appropriate approximately $314,000 from the city’s reserve funds (or as much as $600,000 with annual maintenance fees added) to install at least 14 Safe Haven Bay Boxes in the city–1 in each council district..
Heads Up: 14 Safe Haven Baby Boxes Could Be Headed to Jacksonville, Florida!
Jacksonville, Florida, City Councilman Rory Diamond has introduced City Council Bill 2026-186 that would appropriate approximately $314,000 (or as much as $600,000 with annual maintenance fees added, according to one report) from the city’s reserve funds to install at least 14 Safe Haven Boxes in the city–1 in each council district.
Georgia SB350 Update: Delays, Bashful Parents, TikTok, 7-Elevens, Bog Down Vote. Contact Committee Now! Vote DO NO PASS
Prayer goes only so far, though, and the day didn’t go as well as they expected,,,…Mike Griffin, the Public Affairs Rep for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, compared Safe Haven Baby Boxes to convenience stores. Sen Setzler wants elementary schools to be drop-off spots.
Action Alert: California AB2073. Stop Safe Haven Baby Box Legalization in California
AB2073 , a bill that legalizes the use of Safe Haven Baby Boxes aka newborn safety devices, was introduced recently in the California Assembly. As of this writing Assb Natasha Johnson (R-Riverside) is the only sponsor. On March 9, it was referred to the Assembly Public Safety Committee and the Assembly Judiciary Committee. It is scheduled for a hearing in the Public Safety Committee on March 24.
California AB2073: Bastard Nation/SHBBN Joint Testimony–Assembly Public Safety and Judiciary Committees. Opposed
The number of reported discard cases throughout the US has remained steady—a little over 30 a year– since the Safe Haven Baby Box concept was introduced 10 years ago. According to the CDHSS Office of Child Abuse Prevention, discards in California plummeted from 20 in 2001 (7 surviving and 13 deceased) to 3 in 2024. (1 surviving and 2 deceased, making the discard rate in the state, one of the lowest in the country.
Action Alert! Georgia HB350: Stop Safe Haven Baby Box Legalization in Georgia
The Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing on HB350 in the next few days. The bill legalizes the use of Safe Haven Baby Boxes aka newborn safety devices, in the state. Similar bills were unsuccessful in several legislative sessions. On February 2, 2026, however, SH350 passed the House. Besides Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc, the bill is lobbied heavily by Bringing Newborn Safety Devices to Georgia and Georgia Right to Life.