The boxes are intended to offer a no-questions-asked alternative to desperate mothers who might otherwise abandon a child in an unsafe place.| al
The box was delivered this week to Madison fire station No. 1, where it will be installed in an exterior wall. The front of the box will be accessible to the public until a child is inside.| al
The Alabama Legislature passed a bill last year to authorize the use of the boxes in the state, expanding a law passed in 2000 that allowed the surrender of infants at hospitals| EMS1