In “Relinquished,” sociologist Gretchen Sisson presents a little-seen side of adoption: The women who lose their children.
, sociologist Gretchen Sisson found herself struggling to answer common questions about contemporary adoption. Journalists wanted to know: Why won’t more people give up their babies when faced with unwanted pregnancy? After all, adoption is a beloved institution and a rare point of bipartisan agreement.They would ask. I would try, but there comes a point at which I, as a researcher, cannot explain more.
The women who spoke with Sisson come from different economic, racial and religious backgrounds. But from their stories The days of jail-like maternity homes may be over, but Sisson uses real birth mother experiences and the latest research into adoption to show that a legacy of coercion remains. Eighty percent of birth mothers, for instance, cite financial pressures as their primary motivator for relinquishment. Other common motivators are lack of social support and lack of stable housing. One out of 5 birth mothers are homeless at the time of relinquishment, data from one large adoption agency showed.
One mother described having second thoughts about adoption after giving birth to her son. But the adoptive parents and “four or five” adoption agency employees had set up camp in her delivery room.“They don’t encourage you to wait. They don’t encourage you to think about it after. They are in the hospital with you, having you sign those papers as soon as they legally can,” she told Sisson.
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