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foundling

A term of historic interest for an abandoned baby; it is not used in the working medical parlance.
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Ronnie Ong filed House Bill 3472 to address the issue surrounding the citizenship status of foundlings, who remain vulnerable and are in danger of being deprived of countless rights and opportunities.
Solon wants foundlings recognized as natural-born citizens
Currently, the citizenship and legitimacy of foundlings remain in limbo unless they are adopted or naturalized in accordance with the law.
Philippines : Lapid Pushes to Recognize Foundlings as Natural-born Citizens and Legitimate Children
At present, the citizenship and legitimacy of foundlings remain in limbo unless they are adopted or naturalized in accordance with the law.
Foundlings, abandoned children should be granted natural-born status - Lapid
'The net effect of this is that a whole array of rights and entitlements under our Civil Code, Family Code and other relevant laws is unavailable to foundlings just because their nationality and legitimacy remain undetermined,' he said.
Lapid refiles bill for foundlings
It is Eerie-on-Sea, a seaside resort in midwinter, and twelvish-year-old Herbie Lemon, a foundling, runs the Lost-and-Found office at the Grand Nautilus Hotel.
Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea)
Of course, Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell and the team got involved, helping foundlings discover their roots.
Heartbreak of dumped tots' hunt for roots
Several foundlings have had their DNA tested, with painstaking work to try to trace their birth families.
BEST OF THE REST
'I felt so maternal towards him because he is the youngest foundling in this film.
ABANDONED AS BABIES; but now given hope of tracing a parent. Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall help 'foundlings'
By 1806, the figures of distressed mothers and absent fathers, and of orphans and foundlings populated the essays, letters, poems, and advertisements that appeared in literary periodicals and newspapers.
Caught in the Archive: Unruly Objects at the Foundling Hospital
A Field of Foundlings is author Iryna Staravoyt's first book in English translation and part of a dual-language series of post-Soviet Ukranian poetry.
Iryna Starovoyt: A Field of Foundlings
Preventing her from running for president would be against the law of equal rights of foundlings and people's desire to elect whoever they wanted as leader, Poe argued.
Grace Poe debate rage as Supreme Court date leaks
"Then a coach came to the village and gathered up all the five–year–old foundlings who had been fostered out as babies to families living in villages near the school.
I was the little boy left behind but she was always the mother who wanted me back. I was never angry; SON ABANDONED AT FOUNDLING HOSPITAL ON MEETING HIS MOTHER AT LAST; Pensioner on quest for parents

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