Social agencies across the country are watching the story about a Calgary mother who was charged with murder in the deaths of two of her newborn infants earlier this week.
Meredith Katherine Borowiec, 30, is now charged with two counts of second degree murder.
Officers learned about the deaths of the two infants, one born sometime in 2008 and the other in 2009, while investigating an abandoned baby case last year.
Last October, a newborn boy was found inside a dumpster in a northwest Calgary townhouse complex.
The baby's mother was charged for abandoning him last week and then on Tuesday, police laid the two murder charges.
The province of Alberta does not have a Safe Haven Law for mothers in crisis who don't want or can't keep their babies.
Edmonton's Covenant Health Group is pushing the province to adopt the law.
Fifty states in the US have Safe Haven Laws but the legislation does not exist in Canada.
The law allows mothers to drop off their newborns at places like hospitals, ambulance bays and churches, free from prosecution.
Several provinces are lobbying for their own legislation including Ontario and B.C.
B.C. is the only Canadian province that has a safe drop off for newborns called Angel's Cradle at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.
The facility has a door at the side of the hospital that mothers can open and then place the baby in a bassinette.
A sensor is set off to alert staff that a baby has been left in their care.
So far the bassinette at Angel's Cradle has only been used once, about a year ago, but the hospital says one life has been saved simply by providing the option.
For more information on Angel's Cradle visit the Providence Health Care website.
