Opinion: Adoption amendments are a pro-life issue

“If we are pro-life, advocating for both moms and babies, how are adoption ethics and policies not included?”

This article was an op-piece written by Leah Outten

As a birth mom with a more “positive story” that many pro-life and religious organizations share to show the “beauty” of adoption, I care about the birth moms placing a child in Utah because stories like mine, with ethics and support, should be the norm, not the exception. Unfortunately, the standard of care for moms being transported to Utah and coerced into adoption is more like a nightmare than beautiful.