Both have similar profiles of who abandons but differing perspectives on who or what is to blame:
Both have similar profiles of who abandons but differing perspectives on who or what is to blame:
Police officers and public hospital nurses and social workers see abandoning mothers as immoral and irresponsible, and believe that they should be punished by the law and their ancestors - they also believed that they could be held accountable by their ancestors should they assist them!
Adoption social workers see abandoning mothers as victims of poverty and structural violence which has stripped them of their ability to love their child, and that the choice to abandon is often a ‘survival strategy’.
