Nationwide, the surrender of a newborn is now protected by “sanctuary” laws. Before these laws were passed, journalists, medical professionals, and community advocates began enforcing the Safely Returned SSB Babies Act, with the enactment of Senate Bill SB 1368 Brulte, Statutes of, these measures of abandonment of infants, also called “refuge”. " or "safe surrender" provisions generally follow the Texas model and allow a parent or other specified party to abandon a child in certain circumstances without the threat of prosecution for child abandonment. Variations include limits on the age of an infant. In Iowa, which recently expanded its shelter law to allow people to abandon infants up to several days old, a controversial law would ban most once-a-day abortions.