Dealing With The Issue of Color In Adoption Conversations

The prominence of transracial adoption has grown exponentially in the last 10-15 years. There are many opinions on this subject, as you can well imagine. But the issue of color in adoption conversations is one that needs careful consideration when it comes to talking...

Why Making An Adoption Plan Is Not Giving Your Baby Away

If there is any one line I have heard more than 1,000 times in the 10 years I’ve worked with women facing an unplanned pregnancy, it’s “I could never give my baby away.” This response to an adoption conversation seems to be the nuclear response that ends the...

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CONSIDER ABORTION FOR MY UNBORN CHILD

You couldn’t imagine a worse time in my life to find out I was pregnant. I had just buried my first husband of nearly 7 months ago. I had found myself in whirlwind long distance relationship as a means of distraction from my pain. He, on the other hand, was looking...

What Should Be Offered to Women Seeking Abortion?

With the overturning of Roe V. Wade, many of us wonder what comes next? A number of states have made strict changes to what women can access for abortions and others have outlawed it completely. Planned Parenthood and the like are now switching gears to offer...

Why PRCs Are An Important Part Of Making An Adoption Plan

Being in the adoption space for over a decade has taught me a lot about the adoption conversation dynamics in PRCs. Most can agree that the number of women who end up parenting in an unexpected pregnancy versus women making an adoption plan is well in the majority. It...