California’s law to save the lives of newborns at risk of being abandoned in unsafe conditions encourages parents (or those authorized by the parents) to safely surrender an infant within 72 hours of birth, with no questions asked.

From January 2001 to September 30, 2014 there were 669 newborns surrendered, with 57 more before the end of 2014, the California Department of Social Services reports. Kern County says the Safe Surrender program has…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Frazier Mountain Safely Surrendered Baby collaborative includes (back, l-r) AmeriCorps Service Member Tammy Rowan, FMHS Health Aide Lisa Arreola, FRC Prog. Admin. Assist. Kim Murray, Clinica Sierra Vista (CSV) Case Manager Heather Oman, CSV Psychologist Assistant Courtney McConnell, FRC Dir. Anne Burnaugh, KC Fire station 57 PEO Erica Bain, FRC Family/Community Liaison Jessica Zuniga, Station 57 Firefighter Elliott Reyna, Captain Justin Curtis, Engineer Alexander Battistoni, FRC community volunteer Kristen Dickey; (front) FRC Family/Community Liaison Lindsay Call, FRC volunteer Mary Owens and FRC Liaison Bonnie Luther.

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This is part of the February 13, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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