Legal Abandonment of Newborns: North Carolina’s Safe Surrender Law

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

In 2001, North Carolina enacted a safe surrender law to provide desperate parents with an alternative to abandonment of their infants. How does the law work, and how often has it been used?

Citation: 
Mason, Janet. "Legal Abandonment of Newborns: North Carolina’s Safe Surrender Law." Popular Government 75, no. 1, 29-36.
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