Kathyrn Joyce: Shotgun Adoption
Christian adoption agencies court pregnant women through often unenforceable promises of open adoption and the option to choose the adoptive parents … Most homes are religiously affiliated, and almost all promote adoption. Many, like Christian Homes and Family Services (CHFS), reserve their beds for women planning adoption. Others keep only a fraction for women choosing to parent. Most homes seamlessly blend their advertised crisis pregnancy counseling with domestic and international adoption services, and oppose unmarried parenthood as against “God’s plan for the family.”
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