Two transracial adoptees with different views on abortion agree about cultural trauma

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Two transracial adoptees with different views on abortion agree about cultural trauma

Adoption is sometimes touted by anti-abortion advocates as an alternative to abortion. Two transracial adoptees discuss their opposite positions on abortion and how they got there.

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