Adoption and the Meaning of Consent
In adoption, we rarely consider the constraints on autonomy that often preclude meaningful choice.
Reproductive Autonomy
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Read more: A Birthmother Reflects: The Perpetuation of Adoption Myths A Birthmother Reflects: The Perpetuation of Adoption Myths
To insinuate that it is simple to relinquish a child for adoption diminishes the magnitude of the deep loss for the first/birth mother and the adoptee.
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Read more: The Racialized History of Adoption Practice The Racialized History of Adoption Practice
The reimposition of the adoption logic is incompatible with reproductive dignity, safety, and justice, and inimical to human rights.
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Read more: Safe Haven Laws and Anti-Abortion Politics Safe Haven Laws and Anti-Abortion Politics
Anti-abortion advocacy and values consistent with Catholic and other conservative religious ideologies are at the core of safe haven laws.
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Read more: The False Choice: Adoptee Voices in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom The False Choice: Adoptee Voices in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom
Relinquishing a child for adoption is an alternative to parenting that child, not to carrying a pregnancy to term.
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Read more: The Freedom to Choose (to Give Your Babies Away) The Freedom to Choose (to Give Your Babies Away)
Justice Coney Barrett’s remarks reveal a cluelessness about the human condition and the meaning of bearing a child and then placing a newborn for adoption.
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Read more: Brittney Poolaw and the Long Tradition of State-Sponsored Control of Women and Their Fertility Brittney Poolaw and the Long Tradition of State-Sponsored Control of Women and Their Fertility
Poolaw’s conviction stands as a modern recapitulation of the historical violations that women have endured regarding their fertility.
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Read more: How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights
Reform is needed to address the restrictions on reproductive decision-making rights that adults under guardianship currently face.
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Read more: Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Bioethical Argument for Medicaid Coverage Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Bioethical Argument for Medicaid Coverage
It is vital for ARTs to be covered under Medicaid to uphold reproductive justice and autonomy for this patient population.
