After a recent incident of infant abandonment captured public attention in Austin, advocates say more awareness of Texas’ Safe Haven law is needed.
At a news conference last week, Detective Russell Constable of the Austin Police Department’s child abuse unit said a newborn discovered abandoned in a North Lamar Boulevard dumpster on Sept. 20 was safe under the care of medical staff and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
He also stressed that there are options to legally and safely surrender infants…