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Universal paid maternity leave would eliminate MANY unnecessary adoptions in the US.
How many? According to this study, somewhere between 65-80%:
https://www.adoptioninstitute.org/dai-press/the-donaldson-adoption-institute-and-the-university-of-texas-at-arlington-release-groundbreaking-report-about-firstbirth-parent-experiences/
cc: @RepAnnieKuster https://twitter.com/iamadopted/status/1175383143278206976
How many? According to this study, somewhere between 65-80%:
https://www.adoptioninstitute.org/dai-press/the-donaldson-adoption-institute-and-the-university-of-texas-at-arlington-release-groundbreaking-report-about-firstbirth-parent-experiences/
cc: @RepAnnieKuster https://twitter.com/iamadopted/status/1175383143278206976
Sadly, this DAI #adoption study was moved elsewhere online, but here are the major findings:
Ugh. It’s madness. Almost as if society believes that poor people should be punished, or that poverty is morally disqualifying for parenthood:
https://twitter.com/badorfman/status/1287180693152444417?s=21
#FamiliesBelongTogether https://twitter.com/BaDorfman/status/1287180693152444417
https://twitter.com/badorfman/status/1287180693152444417?s=21
#FamiliesBelongTogether https://twitter.com/BaDorfman/status/1287180693152444417
The science documenting the damage to children is real.
I wish more people would realize this *same* damage occurs prior to every #adoption, no matter how loving a new family is.
We could be doing so much more to support #familypreservation. https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa/status/1313663049467932673?s=20
I wish more people would realize this *same* damage occurs prior to every #adoption, no matter how loving a new family is.
We could be doing so much more to support #familypreservation. https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa/status/1313663049467932673?s=20
An excellent thread 
on why #familypreservation matters & why #adoption should be a last resort:
(TLDR: Babies are not blank slates and experience trauma when separated from their mothers, resulting in higher rates of attempted suicide & other negative outcomes.) https://twitter.com/fereraswan/status/1320755038797651973
on why #familypreservation matters & why #adoption should be a last resort:(TLDR: Babies are not blank slates and experience trauma when separated from their mothers, resulting in higher rates of attempted suicide & other negative outcomes.) https://twitter.com/fereraswan/status/1320755038797651973
