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Oct 30, 2023 1 hr 9 min

Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

from A Special Place in Hell Hosted by Sarah Haider and Meghan Daum

In this episode Sarah and Meghan consider the ethics of adoption, surrogacy and the future of reproductive technology. They discuss the “Baby Scoop” era, which lasted from just after World War II into the early 1970s, in which millions of unwed mother surrendered their babies to adoption agencies, many of which were profiting from the transaction. They discover that Meghan, who was born the year of the highest number of adoptions, has always knows tons of adoptees and never thought much of it. Sarah, on the other hand, knew very few adoptees. Sarah also reflects on her own primal motherhood instinct and Meghan talks about her volunteer work in the foster care system. RELEVANT LINKS Meghan worked in the foster care system for a while, and she wrote this essay about it in The New Yorker. Want to hear the whole episode? Upgrade your subscription. HOUSEKEEPING 💭 Follow Sarah’s Substack, “Hold That Thought.” ☕Follow Meghan’s other podcast, “The Unspeakable” 🥂 Join The Unspeakeasy, Meghan’s community for freethinking women. 🎥 Follow us on YouTube! ❌ And on the platform formerly known as Twitter. 📸 And Instagram. 🎵 And TikTok. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aspecialplace.substack.com

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