Born into Care

International Perspectives on the Removal of Babies at Birth

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

A ground-breaking international collection, Born into Care brings together leading scholars, practitioners, advocates and mothers with lived experience to confront the hidden and deeply controversial practice of infant removal at birth.

The first book of its kind, it delivers a powerful critique of the legal, ethical and political systems that perpetuate a practice which disproportionately impacts marginalised families. Topics covered in the book include decision-making at birth, human rights and access to justice, and the intersecting inequities of class, gender, racism and ableism.

Through rigorous analysis and diverse perspectives, the collection challenges dominant child protection narratives and lays the groundwork for systemic transformation.

Contributor: Laura Abbott (Contributions by), Bachar Alrouh (Contributions by), Natalie Avlonitis (Contributions by), Ida Benedicte Juhasz (Contributions by), Katy Burch (Contributions by), Susan Burke (Contributions by), Kerri Cleaver (Contributions by), Laura Cowley (Contributions by), Kirsty Kitchen (Contributions by), Jacynta Krakouer (Contributions by), Katherine Miller Brunton (Contributions by), Melissa O'Donnell (Contributions by), Georgia Philip (Contributions by), Simone Phipps (Contributions by), Barbara Ruiken (Contributions by), Vivek S. Sankaran (Contributions by), Stephanie Taplin (Contributions by), Beth Tarlton (Contributions by), James Tre Fitts (Contributions by), Harriet Ward (Contributions by), Katelynn Buchner (Contributions by), Tammy Pearson (Contributions by), Karen Broadhurst (Edited by), Emily Keddell (Edited by), Linda Cusworth (Edited by), Lucy Griffiths (Edited by), Claire Mason (Edited by)

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