(Newswire.net — December 29, 2016) —Timothy Tim Jaccard had a very difficult task, to respond to calls regarding dead newborn babies which were abandoned in trash cans and alleys.
Therefore, he decided to influence the members of Parliament to enact the “Baby Safe Haven” laws. Jaccard lobbied legislatures across the country to pass the law in all 50 states.
It is a law that gives mothers in crisis the option to leave their babies at police stations, hospitals or firehouses, without the fear of being prosecuted.
Leaving a newborn at a firehouse door, in the freezing cold, is still very dangerous for the infant. Therefore, Jaccard also founded an organization that serves as a transitional solution for abandoned babies until they find a new home. Mothers are given the option to call a national hotline: 1-866-510-BABY, and arrange a safe handover.
Also, Baby Safe Haven representatives work with local social service agencies, therefore, mothers who give birth at hospitals can surrender their child directly to the representatives.
The A.M.T. Children of Hope Foundation’s Baby Safe organization collaborates with social services as to arrange the care and eventual adoption of abandoned children.
Nearly 3,300 babies across the country found new homes in the past 17 years. Otherwise, they might have been abandoned and died.
In 2017, 167 babies had been saved with the help of Baby Safe Haven nationwide.
That’s how tragedy drove Tim Jaccard, who spent 37 years as a U.S.medic, to give haven to thousands of babies. Most of them calls him simply Uncle Tim, reports Boston Herald.
In an interview, he explained the heart-wrenching feeling when he had to hold a newborn infant in his arms and to pronounce that child dead. Tim said that it was a terrible experience, and he felt that he had to do something to stop that insanity.
Tim Jaccard, a 66-year-old father and grandfather from Long Island, said that his gut feeling told him he was being sent on these particular calls to become aware of what’s going on and to change the fate of these newborns.