The remains of a newborn infant with its umbilical cord still attached were discovered in a California beachside community on Saturday. Police have identified a vehicle they believe may be involved in the infant's death, but are still searching for the baby's mother.

Key Takeaways:

• The body of a newborn with its umbilical cord still attached was discovered last week in Moss Landing, California.

• Police are still searching for the person responsible for leaving the infant there.

• Like all states, California has a safe haven law that would have allowed the baby's parent to surrender the child with no questions asked.

The Details:

According to KSBW, an agricultural worker discovered the infant remains near a strawberry field in Moss Landing, California, on Saturday morning. The man reportedly said he "saw a lot of blood, and the umbilical cord was still attached."

On Thursday, investigators said they had located a 2010 Mercury Milan four-door sedan they believe to be involved with the infant's death.

“The detectives have been able to gather some pretty significant information during their investigations and that, coupled with the use of the Flock camera system, led them to identify a vehicle that we are confident was involved in this incident,” said Andres Rosas, a spokesman with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities are appealing to the public for help locating the person who was driving the vehicle, noting that the owner of the car may not be the same person who was driving it.

“If somebody is looking at these photographs and thinking to themselves, you know, I did see that vehicle at a certain location, please contact us. That little bit of information is very, very important to our investigation, and the goal here is to find the people that are responsible for leaving this baby on the side of the road,” Rosas said.

Zoom Out:

Each state, including California, has a safe haven law which allows a parent who feels unable to care for their infant to surrender the baby. As long as the baby is unharmed, the parent will face no charges. In California, parents can surrender a newborn 72 hours or younger to an employee at a hospital or designated fire station, with no questions asked.

Tragically, despite the safe haven laws, infant abandonments continue to happen around the country.

Abortion supporters occasionally blame a lack of abortion access or pro-life laws for mothers abandoning their infants, but as this situation shows, abandonments occur even in states with extremely liberal abortion laws.

The Bottom Line:

Infant abandonments do not occur because of a lack of abortion access; often, they are a reflection of what happens when society disregards human life in the womb. When the killing of a preborn child is routinely portrayed as 'healthcare,' women begin to believe that children are disposable.