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That’s right. Adoption is not a “win-win.” There’s a lot of loss, unfair power dynamics, a lot of isms, and a lot of judgment involved. It is a painful, difficult process. And it is the birth parent and the child that deals with the loss.
Imagine that compounded in transracial adoption.
And it is the wonderful–rare–adoptive parent that encourages the connection between the child and his/her birth family…because a child can never have too much family.
And again…like JoB said: each woman’s experience faced with an unintended pregnancy is unique… which is why the decision has to be their own.
And I ask you to take a minute to think about the kids who don’t have homes, or are throw-aways (a hell of a lot of them in Seattle), or who are in independant living programs because they can parent themselves better than the adults in their lives.
Do something about THAT, instead of protesting at Planned Parenthood, and compounding an already sorrowful and difficult decision.