Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our Adoption Stories series, adoptees, biological parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. (Lightly edited for clarity.) This month, we welcome Dana W., a biological mother. What are your experiences with adoption? I placed a […]
Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our Adoption Stories series, adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. (Lightly edited for clarity.) This month, we welcome J.H. If you are interested in sharing your experiences with adoption, please complete this […]
Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our Adoption Stories series, adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. This month, we welcome N.M. If you are interested in sharing your experiences with adoption, please complete this survey. What are […]
Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our Adoption Stories series, adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. This month, we welcome someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Responses have been edited for clarity and length. If you are […]
Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our adoption stories series, adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. This month, we welcome Amy W. If you are interested in sharing your experiences with adoption, please complete this survey. What […]
We ask adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and relatives to share their real experiences with adoption. Sometimes we publish one person’s full survey. Other times, like in this post, we collect many answers to one question. Here, adoptees answer: “What are the biggest myths or misconceptions about adoption?” If you are interested in sharing your […]
Conversations about adoption are often missing the voices of people who have lived it. In our adoption stories series, adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families share their journeys in their own words. This month, we welcome K.K. If you are interested in sharing your experiences with adoption, please complete this survey. What are […]
Prenatal testing has become a routine part of obstetric care, with new technologies regularly emerging that focus on giving parents ever-increasing information about their unborn infants. The routinization of prenatal testing has led to a general expectation that it is a normal part of having a healthy baby. However, routine use of genetic prenatal testing […]
Today’s guest post is written by Lindsay Gabow, a second-year student at Harvard Law School. In 2022, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not protect the right to abortion. The decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, reversed almost fifty years of precedent. While Dobbs resulted in various red states adopting abortion bans, […]
A prenatal diagnosis is often accompanied by the pressure to abort, leaving most parents feeling unsupported by the medical community and society at large. In our series “Stories of Prenatal Diagnosis,” we share testimonies of parents who received a diagnosis while pregnant and their personal experience in handling it. Today’s story is from Shyla L. […]
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