Historical Context of the Adoption “Crisis” in New South Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11957640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Kraus (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 19-25 |
| Publication date | 1976-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03124077608549487 |
| OpenAlex | W2092668706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
The downward trend in the numbers of babies made available for adoption has been explained by a greater community acceptance of unmarried mothers, improved social benefits for them, and an increased use of oral contraceptives. An analysis of eight-year patterns of adoptions and ex-nuptial births in N.S.W. indicated that these explanations cannot be valid. Historically, the events which coincided first with an upward trend and then with a downward trend in the numbers of babies surrendered for adoption in N.S.W. were: a suppression of establishments providing illegal abortion and a liberalization of abortion laws, respectively. This liberalization is postulated here as the major factor in the adoption “crisis”
Abortion · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Liberalization · Political science · Pregnancy · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Law · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 2012 (34) |
| Highly cited | No |