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Why “Birth Parent”

August 15, 2004

Read our reasons for choosing the term “birth parent” instead of first/natural/biological

Safe Haven for Whom?

March 3, 2004

Many states have passed legislation that allows parents to anonymously abandon a baby in a safe place. Are such laws a good idea?

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