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birth mother
noun
the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
Example Sentences
The petitioners argued that the current legislation unfairly discriminated against parents who were not the birth mother - specifically, fathers, adoptive parents, and parents of children born to surrogates - by granting them only 10 days of parental leave, while the birth mother received four months.
In Alabama, a birth mother has just five days to change her mind.
If adoption really is a win-win—if it is a practice that’s overwhelmingly entered into with the full and free consent of birth mothers—then why does the adoption industry so regularly push to shorten the window within which a birth mother can change her mind?
That conservative and anti-abortion groups are the ones typically pushing against greater regulation of adoption and for things like shortening the amount of time a birth mother has to change her mind about severing her parental rights?
It was around the same time that PJ’s foster mother implored a local social worker to help him find his birth mother.
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