Thread by @AmandaTDA

As one of only a few post-adoption support specialists in the U.S., I’m disheartened to see folks use anti-abortion arguments that both encourage more adoptions while undermining the validity of post-adoption support at the same time. (Continued…)
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#RoeVWade #adoption #abortion

That’s what’s happening when people essentially publicly insist “Adoption can’t involve trauma because I need to feel good about using it in a politically-motivated argument about abortion.” OK well adoption does involve trauma - your argument is the problem.

Like, it’s super clear to adoptees that so many only care about our existence in an abstract sense as it pertains to political arguments. However, far less people will honor the emotional, intellectual, and cultural labor it takes to live out our developmental trajectory.

This “The alternative to your life now was to be aborted & dead anyway. Therefore you’re not really suffering” is not how developmental trauma works. This type of social narrative causes struggling adoptees to become exasperated with staying alive. It’s hurting us. Please stop.

This is an international list of suicide hotlines. Adopted people, you deserve to be alive and for your existence to be seen as sacred by others even if others don’t treat you that way. The world is a better place with you in it. blog.opencounseling.co/suicide-hotlin…