Summary　

According to Rachel Fuchs in her book “Abandoned children”, published in New York 1984, Fuchs explains situation of abandoned children in France. She argued about abandoned children by using several aspects; social problems, economic changes, religion, foundations, and wet nurses.
She mentioned France had too many abandoned children in 17 to 19 Centuries and had some religious foundations and hospices that took over the role of taking care of abandoned children from the government at that time. However, Fuchs argued that they weren’t enough, “Those admitted were chosen by chance.”(Fuchs, 1984, p4) and there were abandoned babies “who were dying on the streets.” (Fuchs, 1984, p4) or who were sold as unwanted children (Fuchs, 1984, p5) “to beggar or jugglers” (Fuchs, 1984, p5). French people tried to save these abandoned children, but not all of them. They discriminated illegitimate children “children corn out of wedlock were wanted neither mother nor society” (Fuchs, 1984, p7) as Fuchs mentioned. Fuchs said that these foundation or hospices had other problems about “shortage of wet nurses” (Fuchs, 1984, p15) who took care of children and also about the bad cycle of abandonment; the abandoned baby girls became prostitute and abandoned their children as their mother did for them.