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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1972
Page
7
California sees a record surge in foster-home placements as unwed mothers keep children or fail to give up for adoption. Executive Secretary Edith Thompson of the State Social Welfare Board cites family breakdown and longer stays in foster care, with 85 percent in licensed private homes and 15 percent in institutions.
The director of California mental hygiene will study how Reagan era welfare rules impact pregnant mothers and unborn children. Senator Moscone criticized August regulations on Aid to Families with Dependent Children for effectively denying support to unborn babies and called the policy unkind.
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