My adoption journey became the inspiration for Lamb of God Maternity Home. Thirty years ago, I chose the third option and placed my baby in an open adoption, so that he could grow up with a married father and mother.

Many have stayed in touch for years and speak at events to raise awareness about open adoption. They remain supported during and after their pregnancy. They receive the support of mentors, counselors, volunteers, staff and donors, who give these women hope and in many cases help them break the cycle of generational poverty. Pro-abortion advocates often argue that pro-life supporters care only about the baby. Once pregnant, there is another body to consider, one that has its own arms, legs, heart, brain, DNA, fingerprints and blood type. The data shows that in 98.5 percent of cases, women have had consensual sex. Therefore, the mantra вЂњmy body, my choiceвЂќ falls flat.

In reality, adoption-related expenses, including legal costs and housing, are covered by adopting couples, facilitators and charities like Lamb of God.ДЄccording to the Guttmacher Institute, research conducted in 19 shows 1 percent of women seeking abortions are victims of rape and less than 0.5 percent are cases of incest. She also thought she would have to find an attorney and pay all the legal costs. Little did she know that most couples waiting to adopt are open to all races. She thought no one would want her baby because it was mixed race. Why is this? I asked our first birth mother the same question. Only 1 percent of women in crisis choose adoption. Through divine miracles and the generosity of our early donors, we purchased the perfect home, and over the past decade, we have fielded thousands of crisis calls, housed hundreds of women, provided 24/7 wraparound care, walked with women on their adoption journeys, and filled our walls with the pictures of dozens of babies who not only were given life but whose birth mothers chose to give them a life with a married father and mother through the gift of adoption.Д«y some estimates, there are 2 million couples on waiting lists for adoption in the United States. Homeless, with daughters who were then 4 and 2 years old, she reached into the pocket of her car door and retrieved a pamphlet that had been handed to her by a pro-life sidewalk counselor at the abortion facility months earlier when she got her first pregnancy test.ДЄfter two more birth mothers lived in our personal home, we knew it was time to bring the vision of opening Lamb of God Maternity Home to reality in North San Diego County. It would be a two-day procedure, and cost over $3,000. She was trying to get an abortion in Bakersfield and was told she would have to go to Long Beach. Ten years ago, the ink wasnвЂ™t dry on our incorporation papers for the Agnus Dei Foundation when we got our first call to help a woman in crisis at 32 weeks pregnant. Essays offer different perspectives on what life in America might look like if the 49-year-old ruling is reversed. This week, local authors are exploring the issue. Wade ruling, but a leak of a draft decision last month showed a majority of justices seems poised to reverse the courtвЂ™s previous stand. Wade could mean to a divided nationДЄbortions have been legal nationwide since the Supreme CourtвЂ™s landmark 1973 Roe v. Commentary Opinion: What the end of Roe V.

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