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The False Choice: Equity, Adoption & Abortion

The False Choice: Equity, Adoption & Abortion

Update: 2025-09-17
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Author and PhD student Shannon Quist joins Dr. Tami to unpack the false binary of adoption vs. abortion—and the equity issues hiding in plain sight. We trace the Baby Scoop era, Roe v. Wade, evangelical politics, and present-day practices like safe haven boxes and sealed birth certificates. Shannon shares her adoptee journey, the identity costs of transracial adoption, and why open records and community care matter. If you’ve wondered who profits, who’s protected, and who’s erased, this conversation offers language, history, and actions to move beyond either/or thinking toward real reproductive and adoptee justice.

Shannon’s TEDx Talk: Would You Rather? Adoption vs. Abortion

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The False Choice: Equity, Adoption & Abortion

The False Choice: Equity, Adoption & Abortion

Tami Dean