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The woman, believed to be the baby's mother, was detained on Saturday on suspicion of concealing a birth, neglect and infanticide, the Metropolitan Police has said.

As explained by a Reuters fact-check, Republican commentators took this out of context as an endorsement for infanticide.

As noted by PolitiFact, Davis is correct: "Abortion" after birth would technically be infanticide, which is illegal in all 50 states.

She says she was haunted by the realisation that though female infanticide may have been reduced, abandoning baby girls continues.

The work is the first to show that adoption, like infanticide, can lead to long-term reproductive success.