Gretchen Sisson

there are myriad temporary solutions that could have kept their legal relationship intact, right? And I start with that story because it is really uncomfortable. I mean, she talked about these intrusive thoughts of harming the baby, right? This is not a person that you want caring for this child on her own at this point in time. But there wasn't a type of crisis care, that there wasn't a way of

there are myriad temporary solutions that could have kept their legal relationship intact, right? And I start with that story because it is really uncomfortable. I mean, she talked about these intrusive thoughts of harming the baby, right? This is not a person that you want caring for this child on her own at this point in time. But there wasn't a type of crisis care, that there wasn't a way of

fostering that she could feel safe availing herself of until she could get the medical care that she needed to be in a safer place to care for her son. right?

fostering that she could feel safe availing herself of until she could get the medical care that she needed to be in a safer place to care for her son. right?

fostering that she could feel safe availing herself of until she could get the medical care that she needed to be in a safer place to care for her son. right?

And that's why I think it's really important for us to think more creatively about how we support families in parenting, in caring for children, and think about what children actually need and see a value in preserving the relationship between child and family of origin and community of origin. And think about how we are making investments in

And that's why I think it's really important for us to think more creatively about how we support families in parenting, in caring for children, and think about what children actually need and see a value in preserving the relationship between child and family of origin and community of origin. And think about how we are making investments in

And that's why I think it's really important for us to think more creatively about how we support families in parenting, in caring for children, and think about what children actually need and see a value in preserving the relationship between child and family of origin and community of origin. And think about how we are making investments in

communities writ large, systems of support, rather than allowing this private industry that commodifies babies to provide our primary answer to these situations.

communities writ large, systems of support, rather than allowing this private industry that commodifies babies to provide our primary answer to these situations.

communities writ large, systems of support, rather than allowing this private industry that commodifies babies to provide our primary answer to these situations.

Before I started my work on adoption, I was studying infertility and how infertility people were making decisions around what treatments to pursue. And often they are very flippantly told, like, oh, you should just adopt. Like, oh, this is going to be the answer to that struggle as well.

Before I started my work on adoption, I was studying infertility and how infertility people were making decisions around what treatments to pursue. And often they are very flippantly told, like, oh, you should just adopt. Like, oh, this is going to be the answer to that struggle as well.

Before I started my work on adoption, I was studying infertility and how infertility people were making decisions around what treatments to pursue. And often they are very flippantly told, like, oh, you should just adopt. Like, oh, this is going to be the answer to that struggle as well.

Yeah. And we don't think about, well, what would it mean to educate people about their fertility? What if fertility education was part of sex education? What if sex education wasn't just about, all of the scary things that pregnancy is so that you scare young people into abstinence.

Yeah. And we don't think about, well, what would it mean to educate people about their fertility? What if fertility education was part of sex education? What if sex education wasn't just about, all of the scary things that pregnancy is so that you scare young people into abstinence.

Yeah. And we don't think about, well, what would it mean to educate people about their fertility? What if fertility education was part of sex education? What if sex education wasn't just about, all of the scary things that pregnancy is so that you scare young people into abstinence.

What if it was actually about educating people about how their bodies work, how fertility changes as you age, what it looks like? What if we provided space for people to access affordable medical treatments so that if their primary goal is to conceive, they can do that rather than creating additional demand within the private adoption system.

What if it was actually about educating people about how their bodies work, how fertility changes as you age, what it looks like? What if we provided space for people to access affordable medical treatments so that if their primary goal is to conceive, they can do that rather than creating additional demand within the private adoption system.

What if it was actually about educating people about how their bodies work, how fertility changes as you age, what it looks like? What if we provided space for people to access affordable medical treatments so that if their primary goal is to conceive, they can do that rather than creating additional demand within the private adoption system.