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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
New York University Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | "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 abortion, sex education, teen pregnancy, adoption, welfare, immigrant reproduction, andchild abuse, safe haven laws were passed by the majority of states with littlecontest. These laws were thought to offer a solution tothe consequences of unwanted pregnancies: mothers would no longer beburdened with children th |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) : illustration |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479883073 1479883077 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |