Mothers Need “Safe Havens.” But They Need So Much More.
From a harm reduction standpoint, safe haven laws are an ideal way to prevent infant death and mistreatment without ignoring the reality that some mothers, for one reason or another, won’t consider formal adoption or parenthood viable options. But a recent book by Laury Oaks, chair of the feminist studies department at University of California–Santa Barbara, argues that they fall short of true reproductive justice.
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