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Glossary Term BFA
Baby for Adoption
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- Term commonly found on child welfare records
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Summary
The letters B.F.A. were written on the hospital and case files of pregnant women if the social worker or nursing and medical staff thought the mother would be likely to give the baby up for adoption. Sometimes they wrote this if they thought she should relinquish the baby. The use of the term was a signal to staff as to how to treat the mother and the baby before, during and after birth.
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- Thompson, Geoff and Hichens, Clay, Given or Taken?, ABC Four Courners, ABC Ultimo, 27 February 2012, http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/02/23/3438175.htm. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Thompson, Geoff and Hichens, Clay, Given or Taken?, ABC Four Courners, ABC Ultimo, 27 February 2012, http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/02/23/3438175.htm.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 5 December 2011, Last modified: 5 September 2012
Last updated: 31 May 2013
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