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In reply to the discussion: Raskin brings up a truly horrifying scenario [View all]StevieM
(10,596 posts)That is the era that I fear we are heading back to. It is certainly the era that Republicans would like us to go back to. And I actually know first mothers (commonly called birth mothers) and have heard from them directly about how relinquishment has affected them.
My point is that most women and girls will not want to give their children up. I know a woman (on line) who got pregnant from rape and was coerced into giving the child up. The loss devastated her. I suspect that your relative was deeply wounded by the separation from her child, regardless of how it was conceived.
Here is an article on the subject which is worth reading.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/adoption-means-abortion-just-isn-t-necessary-scotus-claims-that-s-even-worse-than-it-sounds/ar-AAWTh5b?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=01f664cb21404b9396568599429b0097