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Birth Parents on Adoption
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Because of the fall of Roe v. Wade, we’re hearing a lot more about adoption as an alternative for women who find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Even before the momentous Supreme Court decision, media portrayals of adoption have always painted it as an easy ethical conclusion to a difficult circumstance. But the real, lived experiences of birth parents who give up their children for adoption have never been part of the conversation.
Do birth parents really see adoption as an alternative to abortion? Are they happy with their decision to relinquish their children? It turns out that for the most part, they’re not.
We talk to Samantha Gonzalez, a birth mother, and Gretchen Sisson, author of the book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.
GUESTS:
Samantha Gonzalez, a birth mother, and co-founder of Reproductive Justice in Adoption.
Gretchen Sisson, author of “Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.”
The post Birth Parents on Adoption appeared first on KPFA.
829 episoder
Manage episode 449148610 series 1111548
Because of the fall of Roe v. Wade, we’re hearing a lot more about adoption as an alternative for women who find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Even before the momentous Supreme Court decision, media portrayals of adoption have always painted it as an easy ethical conclusion to a difficult circumstance. But the real, lived experiences of birth parents who give up their children for adoption have never been part of the conversation.
Do birth parents really see adoption as an alternative to abortion? Are they happy with their decision to relinquish their children? It turns out that for the most part, they’re not.
We talk to Samantha Gonzalez, a birth mother, and Gretchen Sisson, author of the book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.
GUESTS:
Samantha Gonzalez, a birth mother, and co-founder of Reproductive Justice in Adoption.
Gretchen Sisson, author of “Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.”
The post Birth Parents on Adoption appeared first on KPFA.
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