 Well, after a baby was left at the Cathedral of St. Paul in early January, hospitals are making a stronger effort to educate the public about the safe place newborns law and the appropriate places to potentially leave a newborn. Logan Gay has more. Hospitals like Ascension Health have stepped up to help mothers who may be making one of the toughest decisions of their lives. That tough decision is choosing to give up their baby. Hospitals want to make sure that struggling parents know that through the safe place newborns law, their baby will be well taken care of if they were to be dropped off. This is a place where that child can be brought, we're not asking questions, we're not passing judgment, we're here to take care of that infant. Under this law, infants must be born within seven days of being left at the safe place and unharmed. We'd love it if that person is willing to give us any sort of history or information from a standpoint of the date of birth if there are any genetic or family history issues. Everything that we can do to help take better care of that child is our focus. There are other places besides hospitals that are designated as safe places. However, none of them offer immediate health care. There have been a number of other places that have been designated as safe places in terms of church, fire stations, police departments and those same places apply here however they're not open or fully staffed 24-7. So in the interest of that child's health and well-being, I'm going to say that we're the number one. After the baby has dropped off the hospital would immediately start giving care to the child. Depending on whether or not we know they have any health issues or not, we need to start stabilizing and then making sure that the child is growing and doing well before we determine the next steps for care placement. No matter the circumstances, the purpose of the Safe Place Newborn's law is to protect both the mother and the child by keeping the child safe and respectively honoring the parent's privacy. Logan Brainerd, Logan Gay, Lakeland News. So far there have been no reports of anyone using the Safe Place law at Ascension Health. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.