PHOENIX (CBS5) -
Tonight, investigators are still trying to find the person who left a newborn on a front lawn near 7th Avenue and Greenway.
We're told the baby, whom investigators are calling Kathleen - named after the name of the street where she was found - is going to be OK.
We received pictures and video of the baby, but Child Protective Services is asking the media not to show her face, so we are honoring that request.
In the meantime, the push is on to remind people that if you're a mother or father in crisis, you have options.
A law in Arizona called the Safe Haven Law acts as a safety net for both the parent and the newborn.
Instead of abandoning the newborn, it allows whoever has the baby 72 hours to leave the infant at a hospital, fire station or EMS station.
"A mother can bring the child directly to us. If they want they can bring the child straight into the emergency room. A pediatrician will immediately assess the baby. And the baby will go up to the nursery intensive care unit for further assessment testing and screening," explained Barbara Bovee, with Maricopa Medical Center.
Because of this law, this can be done with no questions asked.
It's completely anonymous and the parents won't face prosecution.
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