1.   But fewer infants are abandoned at birth.

2.   Gingrich spoke of the shocking number of cases in which young mothers abandoned infants.

3.   Her husband never gave a reason for abandoning the infant, and Minkel said she felt powerless to fight him.

4.   In California, three infants were illegally abandoned, while one was left at a safe haven.

5.   Many of the women have had abortions or have abandoned their infants.

6.   Most frustrating, Hay and others said, is that no one need abandon any infant, because agencies are ready to help.

7.   No one knows how many infants are abandoned in this country each year, and no professional concensus has developed on how to deal with them.

8.   So far this year, five infants have been abandoned in New Jersey, one of whom died.

9.   States are still not collecting information on how many infants are abandoned in this manner, Williams-Mbengue said.

10.   The announcements are being run by the Baby Moses Project, a nonprofit foundation that informs pregnant women about the alternatives to abandoning an infant.