This survey reveals reproductive injustices faced by natal mothers in open adoption, suggesting a need for systemic change.
This short informal survey forefronts the voices of eighty-two mothers in open adoption since the year 2000, and therein lies its importance. Mothers answer survey questions and discuss their pre and post adoption experiences, ultimately revealing that the reproductive injustices and harm to natal mothers that are inherent in domestic open adoption systems continue to be invisibilized and normalized. A framework for change in open adoption systems is suggested.
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