In the leaked Roe V Wade reversal draft, Alito included a citation that referenced a CDC report that said almost 1 million women were seeking to adopt children in 2002 ( actual words included “they were in demand for a child”),but the domestic supply of infants relinquished at birth and available for adoption had become almost zero.The m…
In the leaked Roe V Wade reversal draft, Alito included a citation that referenced a CDC report that said almost 1 million women were seeking to adopt children in 2002 ( actual words included “they were in demand for a child”),but the domestic supply of infants relinquished at birth and available for adoption had become almost zero.The media claimed nothing to see here as Alito was referring to Safe Haven laws. Well…this Baby Scoop Era adoptee says Alito, MAGA and the broligarchs are planning for Baby Scoop Era II.
“We’ve been here before, of course—most recently in the decades from 1945 to 1973, now known as the “Baby Scoop” era, when more than 1.5 million pregnant girls and women in the U.S. were sent away to maternity homes to surrender children in secret.
By the 1960s, more than 200 homes for unmarried pregnant women were operating across 44 states. Parents, often counseled by religious leaders, sent their daughters away to these homes to wait out their pregnancies and relinquish their babies to “legitimate” married couples. Meanwhile, the young men who shared equal responsibility for the pregnancies typically carried on with their lives unfettered by social stigma.“
In the leaked Roe V Wade reversal draft, Alito included a citation that referenced a CDC report that said almost 1 million women were seeking to adopt children in 2002 ( actual words included “they were in demand for a child”),but the domestic supply of infants relinquished at birth and available for adoption had become almost zero.The media claimed nothing to see here as Alito was referring to Safe Haven laws. Well…this Baby Scoop Era adoptee says Alito, MAGA and the broligarchs are planning for Baby Scoop Era II.
Baby Scoop Era? I am not familiar with this term.
“We’ve been here before, of course—most recently in the decades from 1945 to 1973, now known as the “Baby Scoop” era, when more than 1.5 million pregnant girls and women in the U.S. were sent away to maternity homes to surrender children in secret.
By the 1960s, more than 200 homes for unmarried pregnant women were operating across 44 states. Parents, often counseled by religious leaders, sent their daughters away to these homes to wait out their pregnancies and relinquish their babies to “legitimate” married couples. Meanwhile, the young men who shared equal responsibility for the pregnancies typically carried on with their lives unfettered by social stigma.“
https://time.com/6103001/baby-scoop-era-abortion/
Thanks for sharing. Very important article. I learned something today.
Thank you for reading,Gabriela. Adoption is complicated…and certainly not the answer.Please share.
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