... alternative to adoption, saying that they essentially cut fathers out of the picture and that children dropped off anonymously have almost no chance of ever knowing their heritage or medical history. Critics also have said that safe haven bills do nothing to help the babies' troubled mothers, and child-welfare groups have expressed concern that the laws don't address the larger ... to call its crisis hot line instead of abandoning their newborns. Two weeks after New Jersey enacted its Safe Haven Infant Protection Act, a 4-day-old baby was turned in. In Alabama, the tally is six, most of...

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... many. Many states such as Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, and Kansas require parental notification before a minor is required to obtain an abortion. States were parental consent is required include Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Ohio. Pro-choicers feel that these laws are unconstitutional and they are a violation of the pregnant child. They feel that this could harm the girls" health ... of the estrogen surge help primitive and abnormal cells to grow in possible cancers. However, the pro-choice supporters have found that many medical studies have shown that a wom...

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