In 2001, Utah passed a Safe Haven Law that would allow mothers to safely drop off their newborns at a hospital. The mothers would be allowed to relinquish custody to the state, no questions asked, no names needed, no police necessary. The law may seem like it allows mothers to dump their "unwanted" children off, but it is nothing of the sort. Time after time, we've seen mothers who aren't ready bury their children alive or abandon them in bathroom stalls
That's how adoptive mother Brenda Horrocks feels. Her son, Spencer, came to her and her husband through the Safe Haven Law. She holds nothing against his birth mother; in fact, she commends her for making the best decision for her son.
"I think about Spencer and what his birth mom did for him. I think about where she is in her life right now and I think about what it would be like if he was still with her… it wouldn't be a safe and good thing for him," Brenda tells LaughModel. "I see the wisdom she had in that moment, that crisis that she was in when she made that decision, and I think it was a very courageous decision."
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