Safe Haven Laws: lack of awareness, misinformation, and shortfalls in resident education

In other western countries, separate infanticide legislation exist providing for probation and psychiatric treatment rather than incarceration for mothers who kill their children in the first 12 months of life. A person is not guilty of the provisions of this section when he or she engages in the conduct described in subdivision one of this section: (a) with the intent that the child be safe from physical injury and cared for in an appropriate manner; (b) the child is left with an appropriate person, or in a suitable location and the person who leaves the child, promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child's location; and (c) the child is not more than thirty days old..."