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Why do mothers abandon babies?
Season 1 · Episode 388

Why do mothers abandon babies?

The Slow Newscast · Alice Sandelson

March 26, 202622m 0s

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Show Notes

Every year babies are abandoned by their parents. Following a long reporting project exploring the story of one foundling on a search for her biological parents, Alexi Mostrous asks, 'why do mothers abandon babies?'. To try and make sense of these complicated, often hidden stories, he's joined by the series reporter Lucy Greenwell and the series' producer Katie Gunning.


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