Ep. 71 Gretchen Sisson: Relinquished: The politics of Adoption and the privilege of American Motherhood

Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Gretchen Sisson about her critically acclaimed book "Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood." Gretchen is a sociologist with Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, where she studies adoption and abortion. 

We discuss:

-How national crisis create opportunities for adoption 

-The views of white mothers on relinquishing their biracial children to white adopters

-The laws behind kinship care and valuing children staying in their original culture 

-The definition of transracial adoption 

-Why there is a national interest to increase adoption

-The impact of overturning of Roe v Wade on the adoption industry

-Laws that have been implemented to help adoptees retrieve their biological histories

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And finally I ask the question “Is adoption child centered” and what Gretchen will enlighten you. 

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