“The average unwed mother is a young moron who as a child had inadequate home training, due to the ignorance, poverty, and alcoholism of her parents.” —Mental Hygiene Magazine, 1927 “You can’t call your soul your own once you’ve had a baby without a marriage certificate.” —Ladies’ Home Journal, 1947 “When she renounces her child for its own good, the unwed mother has learned a lot. She has learned an important human value. She has learned to pay the price of her misdemeanor.” —The Telegram, 1956 “Behind the national statistics testifying to the proliferating number of adolescents giving birth,
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