wedlock

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It simply did not matter whether one was born white or black, male or female, Jew or Gentile, in wedlock or out, eldest or youngest, or born to citizen parents or alien parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2025

Maternity homes were popular before Roe as a place where usually teen mothers went to secretly have babies that were conceived out of wedlock.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Both paint wedlock as a fortunate state, when it works.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

In 1901 they had a child out of wedlock, a daughter, who was discreetly put up for adoption.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson