Editing Child abandonment (section)

== Prevention ==
* Providing access to [[sex education]] and to [[family planning]] resources, like contraception, and abortion can help prevent people who cannot take care of, or do not want to raise, children from becoming pregnant in the first place.<ref name=":022">{{Cite book|title=Child abandonment and its prevention in Europe|date=2012|publisher=University of Nottingham|others=Institute of Work, Health and Organisations|isbn=978-0853582861|location=Nottingham|oclc=935864111}}</ref>
* Evidence has shown that, when bans on abortion are lifted, the number of abandoned, abused, and neglected children goes down in response.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mitrut|first1=Andreea|last2=Wolff|first2=François-Charles|date=December 2011|title=The impact of legalized abortion on child health outcomes and abandonment. Evidence from Romania|journal=Journal of Health Economics|volume=30|issue=6|pages=1219–1231|doi=10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.004|issn=1879-1646|pmid=21889810|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00470578/document|hdl=2077/26523|s2cid=2808883 |hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bitler | first1 = Marianne | last2 = Zavodny | first2 = Madeline | year = 2002 | title = Child Abuse and Abortion Availability . | journal = American Economic Review | volume = 92 | issue = 2| pages = 363–367 | doi = 10.1257/000282802320191624 | pmid = 29058396 }}</ref> However, access is an issue. In the United States, 87% of all counties, and 97% of all rural counties, do not have any access to abortion services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/unequal-access-to-abortion/|title=Unequal Access to Abortion|publisher=National Abortion Federation|website=prochoice.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-05|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054638/https://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/unequal-access-to-abortion/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Governmental assistance can be provided in the form of parental counseling, post-natal services, mental health services, and other community support services for parents who are at a higher risk of abandoning their children because of age, support, physical ability, mental illness, or poverty.<ref name=":022" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://preventchildabuse.org/resource/preventing-child-neglect/|title=Preventing Child Neglect|work=Prevent Child Abuse America|access-date=2018-03-05|language=en-US|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120403/http://preventchildabuse.org/resource/preventing-child-neglect/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm|title=About Teen Pregnancy {{!}} Teen Pregnancy {{!}} Reproductive Health |website=www.cdc.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref>