Family preservation activist Katie Burns walks us through the history of adoption in the states. Years of tireless research after her own forced adoption led her to uncover the often dark and disturbing past of this industry. In order to have a more ethical future, we need to know adoption's origins.

Adoption History in America

1850s to 1970s:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/daughter-origins-adoption-america/

https://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/index.html

https://www.americanadoptions.com/adoption/history-of-adoption#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20adoption%20is,with%20willing%20and%20waiting%20parents.

https://babyscoopera.com/

http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_hist_boardingschools

https://theacademy.sdsu.edu/elearning/icwa-elearning-bias-media-context/story_content/external_files/ApologyCWLA.pdf

https://www.nabsw.org/page/History#:~:text=NABSW%20was%20created%20during%20the,work%20organization%20at%20the%20time.

https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/florence-crittenton-homes-history/#:~:text=Labor%2C%20Organizations%2C%20Programs-,Florence%20Crittenton%20Homes%3A%20A%20History,at%20the%20age%20of%20four.

https://www.ylc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Adoption-Law.pdf

https://hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=32125

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/02/13/cultural-impact-of-the-indian-adoption-project-still-felt-today

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/womgenfamcol.1.2.0143

https://nyu.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.18574/nyu/9781479872329.001.0001/upso-9781479872329-chapter-003

https://www.amazon.com/dp/195514916X/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_261?psc=1&uh_it=905b1a8ef53b47ab949a1ff8180c629c_CT&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFaOFQ2UlNDNVI2UzAmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA1MzEyMDkxSlZUWks3SUdRQkRGJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2NzgyMTUzVVhGRDBBSUtXR1ZXJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c2Rfb25zaXRlX2Rlc2t0b3AmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

In this episode, Katie Burns shares her heartbreaking story of facing an unintended pregnancy, and being coerced into an adoption she didn’t want, by the very people who should’ve been protecting her. While the trauma caused through this still reverberate in both her life and her now adult daughter’s, Katie has been able to use her experience to become the very advocate she needed herself at 18. She currently runs a resource page for expectant mothers called “The Family Preservation Project,” and also serves on the board of “Saving Our Sisters” (SOS). For more information on these initiatives please visit:

https://thefamilypreservationproject.com

https://savingoursistersadoption.org

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