A child was left abandoned on a Pennsylvania porch with the umbilical cord still attached.
Yet another story about an abandoned baby. We hate hearing about how babies are being abandoned and left on the side of the road, in the woods, on porches or wrapped up in plastic bags. We don't like hearing about this story but we do like hearing when the baby is okay and that they are in good hands now. It is important for parents to know that there are "Safe Haven" laws in place in almost every single state. The Safe Haven law allows people to drop off their babies at any fire station and the firefighters will take the baby without any questions. Leaving a baby with a firefighter will allow the child to be given to the proper authorities and to allow the child with the best chance of life.
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A baby was abandoned in Pennsylvania. Hospital staff says that the baby was only just a few hours old. The child was abandoned on a porch and the umbilical cord was still attached. The baby was discovered by Terrell Phillips. He noticed something on the neighbor's porch that he knew was not supposed to be there. When he walked over to the porch he found the baby who was wrapped up in the towel. The baby wasn't crying but was asleep. He opened up the towel and noticed that she still had the umbilical cord. Phillips called the police and they transported her to the hospital.
The Pennsylvania police are now searching for the mother and father of the infant. They tweeted on their page that she was "adorable" and they are hoping that the mother reads the news and comes forward. People are very upset by this news. Not only did she abandon the baby but the temperatures were in the mid-90's. It is a miracle that the baby is okay. The Upper Darby police wrote in their Tweet that the mother will face criminal charges and will most likely be charged with Child Abandonment.
Police want to remind parents that the mother wouldn't have faced any criminal charges if she were to have abandoned the child at the fire station. She would have been protected under the Safe Haven law. Police wanted to remind parents that they can drop off babies as long as they are younger than 28 days and that they are unharmed.