Safe haven laws and the surrendered infants in US
Michelle told no-one she was pregnant. So when she gave birth by the roadside, she did something she came to regret….
“So one day my mum was going to get me a DNA test. Whatever I was, she was going to celebrate that,” says Porter, taking up the story. “And we got the test, and the doctor said, ‘Congratulations! You get to celebrate everything!’ I’m European, indigenous American, sub-Saharan African and East Asian.”