TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states
Pretty wild! All states give you at least 30 days to dump your baby, no strings attached. Some states give you 60 days! I feel like more people should know about this! It seems like a highly under utilized ability.
I feel like this woold lead to confusion amongst firemen. Like they go to pull out of the firehouse to respond to a fire, but they have to stop before they start because a random baby is just there for no reason.
I could be wrong, but I doubt most firefighters even know the proceedure for “Baby randomly dropped off without a name”.
My first instinct would be to call child services. Like what else would you do?
Dropping babies at fire stations is a trend way older than any firefighter currently alive. They all know what the intent is if they find an unattended baby.
Some of them might take a bit before they realize it’s actually serious though.
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