CPCs & Adoption
Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are most well-known for advertising "options counseling" for people facing an unplanned pregnancy.
You should know that CPCs have a long and troubling history when it comes to adoption. It is critical to understand this history in order to uncover their deeply biased agenda.
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By Kathryn Joyce. 26 August 2009. Published in The Nation.
"Christian agencies lavish support services on pregnant women–if they give up their babies."
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By Kathryn Joyce. 03 May 2022. Published in Salon.
"Adoption has a supply-and-demand problem. Amy Coney Barrett and her pals on the Supreme Court have the solution."
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An interview with Kathryn Joyce, author of The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption. 15 April 2013. NPR WBEZ Chicago. Heard on Fresh Air (podcast).
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By Kelly O'Connor McNees. 30 September 2021. Published in TIME. This article gives an overview of the Baby Scoop Era (ca. 1945-1973) and the ways in which unmarried pregnant people were coerced to relinquish their newborns as part of the housing programs at maternity homes. Anti-abortion organizations that run CPCs still run maternity homes today.
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By Liza Fuentes, Megan L. Kavanaugh, Lori F. Frohwirth, Jenna Jerman, Nakeisha Blades. 22 February 2023. Published in Contraception: X. Three out of 29 study participants had visited an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center (CPC) and shared their experiences as part of this qualitative study about pregnancy decisions.