A baby girl was turned over to the state last month under the Safe Haven program.
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services the girl was born on November 11th and will be placed with a foster family until permanent placement is determined. This is the sixth baby turned over to the state this year. There was a boy and girl turned over in both March and May, and a girl was turned over in August.
A total of 72 babies have been turned over under the program which allows babies up to 90 days old to be given up without any questions asked. The Safe Haven law was created more than 20 years ago after a newborn infant who had been strangled was found abandoned in a snowbank in the town of Chelsea.