A newborn was safely surrendered at a Lubbock fire station using a “Safe Haven Baby Box,” a temperature-controlled bassinet equipped with a silent alarm that allows a parent in crisis to anonymously relinquish a newborn.

Texas' Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses law, allows parents who are unable to care for their children to bring them to a designated safe space.

SAN ANTONIO – Texas was the first state in the nation to enact a Baby Moses Law allowing mothers to safely surrender their babies at hospitals, fire stations and police stations, without penalty. Now, advocates say Texas needs to follow other states like North Dakota and Missouri that have extended their laws, allowing mothers to surrender babies up to 12 months. “In 2011, we got a call for a baby and we were told she had been left at a fire station,” said Laurie Cobb, who adopted a Baby Moses baby nine years ago. Bella, now nine years old, had been safely surrendered as part of the Baby Moses Law. Related: Advocates want to extend age of babies allowed to be surrendered under Baby Moses law