On December 2, 2024, State Representative Jim Murphy, the Godfather of the Missouri baby box law, pre-filed HB 101 (bill page here) to create a Safe Place for Newborns Fund consisting of money appropriated by the state legislature solely to pay for the installation of baby boxes-
Press Release: San Antonio City Council Poised to Pass Unethical and Archiac Social Experiment on Babies to the Tune of Nearly $1/2 Million in Taxpayer Money
This outrageous budget request needs to be withdrawn permanently, or at least postponed for another year. The city should initiate a study of their use and efficacy that include the input of adopted people birth parents, and adoption professional that subscribe to best standards practice. The city has no business encouraging child abuse.