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What’s Happening in Utah: Adoption Law, Consent, and National Scrutiny

A Growing Spotlight on Utah Over the past year, Utah has become the center of a national conversation about adoption ethics — specifically, whether the state’s laws allow for true informed consent from birth mothers. The debate is not about whether adoption is good or bad. It is about whether the legal structure surrounding adoption … more »

To: Boundaries From: Love

Holidays tend to amplify whatever already exists inside an adoption constellation. A quiet ache can feel sharper. A warm memory can glow brighter. A sense of connection might feel close one moment and far the next. Birth parents often carry emotional weight silently. Adoptive parents juggle logistics and emotional responsibility. Adoptees move through sensory intensity, … more »

Pregnant and considering adoption? 10 questions you should ask your adoption professional AND the answers to expect in return!

Do you provide options counseling? Answer: You should receive assistance and support looking at all your options including those outside of adoption. These might include but not be limited to: -Temporary or permanent guardianship with a family member or friend -Placing your baby for adoption with a family member or friend -Safe Families for temporary … more »

Selling Adoption: An incomplete picture and the entire frame expectant parents need and deserve

There is a version of adoption some (if not many) professionals are still “selling” expectant parents. We say still because we’ve been there, done that. But in the words of Maya Angelou, “when you know better, do better.” This version, born (potentially with initial good intentions) from the shame and coercion of the baby … more »

Making an adoption plan.

Ever since I started talking about adoption, people have been giving me all kinds of grief. The most common thing I hear is “how can you give up your baby?” Just because I’m considering an adoption plan, doesn’t mean I’m giving her up. It’s not like I’m throwing her up into the air and just … more »

Adoption Support

As we begin another year, we like to look back and reflect on the past year. I personally like to focus on National Adoption Awareness Month which takes place in November every year. This year, I reflected on the way the industry has changed since Ronald Regan enacted this weeklong acknowledgment in 1984. The attention was originally given to … more »

Adoptee Reunion

A baby named April 1999 An expectant mom called at the late stage of her pregnancy. She had a young child at home already and was feeling alone and had no support from her family to bring another baby into her apartment. She admitted she was struggling financially and always had to call around for … more »

Baby Box Alternative

Can I do an adoption and stay anonymous? Or should I use the Baby Box? What happens to my baby if I use a Safe Haven Box? Most do not realize what happens when the box closes and locks. The woman who gives birth can walk away and know her baby is safe, and her baby will be attended to within … more »

What happens when a birth mom revokes her consent?

Oh man, this is such a hard question. There is a movement in the ethical adoption arena allowing women to revoke their consent after a week. This movement is based on the fact that many women are in crisis during the time leading up to delivering their baby. They may have kept the pregnancy a … more »

Roe vs. Wade overturned…

As a staff, we’ve been taking the time to process and have conversation about the overturning of Roe vs Wade. In our conversations, Amanda shared with us when she first learned about Roe. “I was born just 5 years after Roe vs Wade, my entire young life I assumed Roe was a woman that WANTED … more »