Please join me as I speak with Renee Gelin, mom of a son lost to an unnecessary adoption. She is also the founder and president of the organization, Saving our Sisters. Renee and I discuss her experience with the adoption industry, which motivated her to advocate for other women in crisis. Renee is an avid ally of adoptees as well. 

Renees' organization can be found at savingoursistersadoption.org Saving our Sisters works to assist pregnant women in making informed decisions about their pregnancies, and to provide assistance so that they can avoid applying permanent solutions to temporary situations. 

Mentioned in the show:

Parentfinders: a website whose purpose is to funnel women in crisis into the adoption industry

Books: basically catalogs of slick advertising campaigns designed to persuade women in crisis to choose a prospective adoptive parent or PAP to raise their child

Gladney Adoption Agency: an adoption agency 

Open Adoption: an arrangement whereby ongoing contact is maintained between the adoptee and their family of origin. These agreements must be written into the contract at the time of termination of parental rights. Even if this occurs, open adoption agreements are not generally enforceable. The adoption industry advertises open adoptions while actually using the idea of open adoption to persuade parents to surrender children. Their idea of open is to simply encourage adoptive parents to disclose the adoption to the adoptee. 

The Primal Wound, by Nancy Verrier. A book written by an adoptive parent based on her observations of the effect of adoption on adoptees.

The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van der Kolk. The Body Keeps the Score - Wikipedia

Persuasive Coercion: coercive practices that are emotional and psychological in nature, rather than by force or threat of violence

Florida Adoption law: adopteerightslaw.com, Consumer Pamphlet: Adoption In Florida – The Florida Bar

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