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boarder baby en · NOUN
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An infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.
Another facet of infant abandonment is boarder babies, which are babies who are medically cleared for discharge but incapable of leaving a hospital facility due to caregiver complications or legality issues […]
2019, Mary de Chesnay, Barbara Anderson, Caring for the Vulnerable, page 343:Boarder babies are both a cause and a result of foster care placement shortages.
1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, The Enemy Within: Crack-cocaine and America's Families:
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