COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Advocates around the Chattahoochee Valley are pushing for changes to Georgia's Safe Place for Newborns Act after a baby was found alive inside a dumpster in Columbus.

Columbus police authorities say the child's mother, who has been identified as 22-year-old Zinnia Hernandez, admitted to leaving the baby inside the dumpster after it was rescued.

She faces multiple charges, including criminal attempt murder, abandonment of a child, first-degree cruelty to children, and reckless conduct. She is being held on a $20,000 bond.

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Under Georgia law, a parent can surrender a baby up to 30 days old at a hospital, fire station or police station.

The baby must be handed over to the aut

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