Giving up baby : safe haven laws, motherhood, and reproductive justice

Giving up baby : safe haven laws, motherhood, and reproductive justice /

"Baby safe haven" laws, which allow a parent to relinquish anewborn baby legally and anonymously at a specified institutional location-suchas a hospital or fire station-were established in every state between 1999 and2009. Promoted during a time of heated public debate over policies on abo...

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Main Author: Oaks, Laury, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Abandoned children > United States.
Abandoned children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Birthmothers > United States.
Birthmothers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Adoption > United States.
Adoption > Law and legislation > United States.
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