Be Our Guest / Sherry Foushee

National Safe Haven Alliance eager to continue helping mothers in crisis pregnancies

We are in the month of April, the first month of spring with new growth and beginnings.

It is also a very special time for the National Safe Haven Alliance (NSHA). This life-saving nonprofit works to promote the continuing existence of safe haven laws across this country and in Indiana. It celebrates April as Safe Haven Awareness Month.

As part of its mission, NSHA will continue to support mothers facing crisis pregnancies and post-birth situations with life-saving alternatives and solutions to prevent infanticide and newborn abandonment.

In many of these situations, a mother is considering surrendering her infant due to lack of family support and other challenges. Our goal is to walk with this mother to provide what she might desperately need, whether it be supporting her choice to parent, a need for temporary placement, adoption assistance, or safe haven relinquishment.

NSHA is committed to work with this mother by researching the support in her community, and always giving her the help she needs.

Our crisis response team and our 24/7 confidential hotline are always available to provide these safe options in a crisis situation. Please call 1-888-510-BABY (2229), or visit www.nationalsafehavenalliance.org for assistance.

Spreading the awareness of this life-saving alternative is so very necessary to make sure that anyone in this crisis needing help will know that they have a confidential source of support with total anonymity and with no fear of prosecution.

Please help us celebrate the 5,000 newborns lives saved during the last 20-plus years. We are thankful and very grateful for the providers that help to save so many newborns.

We at NSHA are committed to continuing this life-saving mission until there is no need.

National Safe Haven Alliance cares.
 

(Sherry Foushee is a member of St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus and is the Indiana representative for National Safe Haven Alliance. She can be reached at sfoushee@nationalsafehavenalliance.org. Mothers in need can call or text 888-510-2229, where a crisis response team is available for confidential help 24/7 to provide safe options for her and her baby. For more information on NSHA, go to nationalsafehavenalliance.org.) †