Author of AMERICAN BABY: A MOTHER, A CHILD, and THE SECRET HISTORY of ADOPTION. Journalist. Oregonian. Brazilophile.
May 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Many outside the #adoptee community seem shocked that Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe refers to the question of who will raise human beings as an issue of "supply and demand.'' Make no mistake -- this has been going on for nearly a century. #adopteevoices 🧵
As I learned in researching my book "American Baby," adoption has been a capitalistic transaction since the 1930s when state legislatures began passing secrecy laws to obscure the true nature of what was going on.