Why Baby Boxes Are Suddenly Everywhere

Why Baby Boxes Are Suddenly Everywhere

DAPHNE, ALA.—The dozens of people gathered at the fire station one June afternoon quieted when the battalion chief dressed in a heavy blue uniform approached the podium. He was there to bless the fire station’s new baby box, a temperature-controlled bassinet installed in the side of the building where parents could safely and anonymously surrender infants that they felt they could not care for. He led the crowd, sweltering in the 90°F heat, in p…