The Salt Lake Tribune - 'Ruined them for a baby'

‘Ruined them for a baby’

Birth mother facing eviction after she says Utah adoption provider took back offer for thousands in cash. This adoption provider was relicensed in 2023 after she lost her license years earlier for “repeated,” “chronic” and “potentially criminal” violations of state law.

Utah adoption advocate Ashley Mitchell, who co-founded the group Utah Adoption Rights, said the couple is going to end this monthslong process worse off, and she contends they’re not alone in being taken advantage of by Utah adoption providers.

Mitchell said she and the other co-founder of Utah Adoption Rights “both believe deeply that, especially now in this political climate, that some women just really need adoption as an option.” “But when you are coercing, manipulating, bribing, falsely educating the entire group … of people that are going to be a part of this, they deserve to know their rights,” Mitchell said.