After all of the press about my mom and adoption last year, I have been approached my so many in the adoption triad who have shared their stories with me. I listen very, very carefully. And what I have learned is that most of us would not even survive what birth (original) mothers were made to go through. The very Catholic church that is now using birth mothers as an argument for not allowing adoptees access to their original birth certificates is the one that shamed them (birth mothers) into giving up their children, telling them to forget about them, in the first place. Women had to pay room and board, and often work, in exchange for their medical care, and then their babies were given away (at a high price) before they ever had a chance to hold them. I cannot begin to imagine the grief. (In Connecticut, Catholic Charities was the ONLY adoption agency submitting testimony in opposition to our adoptee rights bill this year. We had written endorsements of support from more than a dozen others. See our website for a list.)
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:26:37 +0000
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