InAdoptere: Auditing the NarrativebyDani Joy, mother and homesteader·Apr 20, 2024On Being a BirthmotherBeing a birth mother is a life sentence of pain: unrelenting, never-ending pain.A response icon11
InAdoptere: Auditing the NarrativebyTeresa Drosselmeyer·Mar 21, 2024ADOPTION: 148 a day for 28 yearsIt has been called the Baby Scoop Era, those years after World War II in 1945 until Roe v Wade was passed early in 1973, when over a…A response icon17
Charlyn Spiering·Nov 4, 2023The Dark Past and Questionable Future of Pre-Birth Matching in Adoption.Connecting a frazzled pregnant woman’s future baby with a calm married couple is almost cliche in our culture. We gaze on such a scene with…A response icon1
Danielle·Jul 19, 2022Birth Mother, First MotherWhat happens to you when you give something precious and innocent away? A part of you that you made, felt, knew and loved. What happens…
Mae Claire·Dec 30, 2017Birth/First/Real mothers, It is time to apologize!I’m sorry, but you are complicit in adoption whether you want to believe it or not. I will never disregard how you experience loss, but…A response icon1
