Massachusetts Safe Haven Law Offers Protection For Newborn Children, Alternative To Abortion

Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, there has been a steep drop-off in the number of children put up for adoption. The number of babies born and put up for adoption in the United States dropped from 9 percent in 1973, the year the U.S. Supreme Court implemented some of the world's least restrictive abortion laws, to just 1 percent between 1996 and 2002, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That 1973 number included 20 percent of babies born to unwed white

Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, there has been a steep drop-off in the number of children put up for adoption. The number of babies born and put up for adoption in the United States dropped from 9 percent in 1973, the year the U.S. Supreme Court implemented some of the world's least restrictive abortion laws, to just 1 percent between 1996 and 2002, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That 1973 number included 20 percent of babies born to unwed white women.…