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valleyrogue

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7. What really dried up the supply of white babies in the adoption industry
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:44 PM
6 hrs ago

was less abortion and contraception as it was those young women were choosing to keep their babies. This began to be more and more common in the late 1960s and early 1970s even before Roe v. Wade and Eisenstadt v. Baird.

There is no turning back the clock--ever.

Currently, 40 percent of all babies born in the US are born to unmarried women or cohabiting couples. The adoption industry has to make do with a dwindling supply.

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What if the anti-abortion movement [View all] Deep State Witch 7 hrs ago OP
I think it's probable... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #1
Exactly Deep State Witch 7 hrs ago #2
Not to mention... 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #5
Doctors/nurses/midwives who said the baby died so they could sell it. Norrrm 6 hrs ago #3
True story of stolen children for starters cbabe 6 hrs ago #4
I feel this is where the anti-abortion movement began synni 6 hrs ago #6
What really dried up the supply of white babies in the adoption industry valleyrogue 6 hrs ago #7
Reading your OP canetoad 5 hrs ago #8
She May Have Known Him Deep State Witch 3 hrs ago #11
I don't think so jmowreader 5 hrs ago #9
And what part does Betsy Devoss's adoption agencies play? SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #10
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