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    Neonatocide in the News

    From the prom to the dorm to family homes. . . young mothers are dumping unwanted newborns in trashbins. Are they murderers, or victims of intense societal pressures? What kind of help do they need? And when the babies survive, who should parent them?

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 18, 1997 • 1 min read

    Marlene Sanchez: Assistant Head Deputy, Family Violence Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Annabel Whiting Hall: Criminal lawyer in Reno, Nevada Dr. Steve Pitt: Director of Forensic Psychiatric Services at Arizona State HospitalCarrie Gordon: Bioethics analyst, Focus on the Family, Public Policy Division Dr. Duncan Lindsey: Professor at UCLA's School of Public PolicyDr. Christine Nelson: Professor in School of Social Work, Portland State University Catherine Lombardo: Attorney in private practice in Montclair

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

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