Giving Up Baby: Safe Haven Laws, Motherhood, and Reproductive Justice

Baby Safe Haven Laws, Which Allow A Parent To Relinquish A New-born Baby Legally And Anonymously At A Specified Institutional Location - Such As A Hospital Or Fire Station - Were Estblished In Every State Between 1999 And 2009. Promoted During A Time Of Heated Public Debate Over Policies On Abortion, Sex Education, Teen Pregnancy, Adoption, Welfare, Immigrant Reproduction, And Child Abuse, Safe Haven Laws Were Passed By The Majority Of States With Little Contest. These Laws Were Thought To Offer A Solution To The Consequences Of Unwanted Pregnancies: Mothers Would No Longer Be Burdened With Children They Could Not Care For, And Newborn Babies Would No Longer Be Abandoned In Dumpsters. This Book Examines Baby Safe Haven Laws.