Adoption Is a Beautiful Gift and a Necessary Opportunity, by Joseph M. Eble, MD

Following the 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a legal chasm opened that state legislators rushed to fill. Pro-life forces swiftly mobilized to introduce state legislation restricting abortion. If these efforts are to produce lasting success, they must be simultaneously paired with making adoption affordable and widely available.

When a (usually single) woman becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she has three primary options: 1) parent the child herself; 2) have an abortion; or 3) make an adoption plan and give her child the gift of a family through adoption. (A mother can also leave her child at a designated Safe Haven, such as a fire station or hospital, after which child protective services cares for the baby until a foster family or a permanent adoptive family is found.) …

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