The Adoption Files

What does Adoption Abolition mean? Please join me and my guest Lorah Gerald as we talk about some of our thoughts on this topic.
Lorah is a Baby Scoop Era, Domestic US adopted person. She can be found athttps://lorahgerald.com/

There are some statistics quoted in the episode that may be difficult to believe, and hard to find. This is because they change from year to year, and the way you input your query changes the results you will receive. I am going to just list some of the sources for information and you can go and check them out.
Regarding the number of private infant adoptions in the United States per year-these numbers are not adequately captured, as reporting is uneven and not tracked in many locations. The best we can do is estimates based on different adoption organizations. This means the numbers can vary even in a single calendar year. The numbers also vary depending on whether you consider the sale of frozen embryos to be adoption, which legally is not considered adoption, even if there is zero genetic connection between the birthing person and the embryo. This is because an embryo is not a person. It is a tissue transfer.
Unicefs reports on children in substitute care and on quality of life for children and families
https://unioncitizenship.com/best-family-friendly-countries/
childbenefitstracker.org

https://gitnux.org/current-foster-care-statistics/
World Population Review
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/best-countries-for-quality-of-life
Scotland's baby boxes:
https://www.mygov.scot/baby-box
vs the US version, which is not a resource program:
https://stopshbbnow.org/
The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions
The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional
https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health
Thank you for listening!

Please join Dani and I as we continue our conversation about adoption and spiritual trauma. We are using the book Holy Hurt: Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride PhD as a scaffold for our conversation.
Dani is a mother of loss to adoption, a writer, a homesteader and an advocate for the rights of mothers and adopted people. She can be found at:
https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://substack.com/@danijoy
https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj
Holy Hurt https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt

https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health
The host and their guest's opinions are just that, their opinions.
The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional
Thank you for listening!

Please join Dani Joy and I as we keep working on exploring the spiritual trauma that is adoption! We are using the book Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride, PhD as a scaffold for our conversation
Dani Joy is a mother of loss to adoption, a homesteader, a writer and an ally. She can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://substack.com/@danijoy
https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj
https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/grounding-techniques
https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health
The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions
The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional
Thank you for listening!

Please join us as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma and adoption from our perspectives as an adoptee and as a mother who terminated her parental rights for the purposes of adoption. We are using the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing as a scaffold.
You can find Dani Joy at: https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj
https://substack.com/@danijoy/note/p-191085730
https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt
Mentioned in the episode:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mennonite
https://faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/what-is-free-grace-theology/
Mentioning religions in the notes does not mean that the host or the podcast are recommending these religions or their beleifs
The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions
The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional
https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health
Thank you for listening!

Please join me and my guest Dani Joy as we continue our conversation on spiritual trauma and adoption, from the perspectives of an adopted person and a mother of loss to adoption. We are using the book Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride PhD as a guide for our discussion.
https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt
https://youtu.be/3e0-SsmOUJI?si=LfXUJu2f59sjqdTh
https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health
The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinions
The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional
Thank you for listening!