Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
All the links for sources cited or shown:
- Everybody thinks its right to give the child away
jstor.org/stable/26368709?mag=inside-a-home-for-unwed-mothers&seq=1
- Erin Blakemore. 2021. Inside a Home for Unwed Mothers.
daily.jstor.org/inside-a-home-for-unwed-mothers
- What are maternity homes? Their legacy is checkered Tiffany Stanley (Aug 2 2024)
mprnews.org/story/2024/08/03/what-are-maternity-homes-their-legacy-is-checkered
- After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes (August 2 2024) Tiffany Stanley
apnews.com/article/abortion-maternity-homes-catholic-evangelical-roe-f455da4fd46c195246df43bc6dd16a67
- Maternity homes provide support in a post Roe world, but not without conditions Katia Riddle (May 9 2023)
npr.org/2023/05/09/1174323027/maternity-homes-provide-support-in-a-post-roe-world-but-not-without-conditions
- WeCount
societyfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WeCountReport_April2023Release.pdf
- Adoption: Not by choice Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh August 2001
eclectica.org/v6n1/buterbaugh.html
- John Oliver on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
youtu.be/4NNpkv3Us1I?si=YJo4ft_zCn2naZWK
- Florida’s Maternity Homes Made Single Mothers Feel Like "Criminals"
motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/floridas-dehumanizing-maternity-homes-made-single-mothers-feel-like-criminals
- Maternity homes, aimed at halting abortions, are expanding across the US
wusf.org/health-news-florida/2024-08-11/maternity-homes-aimed-at-halting-abortions-are-expanding-across-the-us
Further Reading:
Ann Fessler, “The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade”
Gabrielle Glaser, “American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Secret History of Adoption”
Kathryn Joyce, “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption”
Gretchen Sisson, “Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood”
Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh, “The Baby Scoop Era: Unwed Mothers, Infant Adoption and Forced Surrender”
Image Credits:
- Crittenton Home
By This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library.
- Seattle
remnantsofourpast.blogspot.com/2020/11/mutual-benefit-girls-and-women-of.html
- Booth Home
sawest.pastperfectonline.com/Photo/3133F724-BAC7-46A8-8A6A-142653375437
- Salvation Army
motherandbabyhomes.wordpress.com/tag/william-booth
All the links for sources cited or shown:
- Everybody thinks its right to give the child away
jstor.org/stable/26368709?mag=inside-a-home-for-unwed-mothers&seq=1
- Erin Blakemore. 2021. Inside a Home for Unwed Mothers.
daily.jstor.org/inside-a-home-for-unwed-mothers
- What are maternity homes? Their legacy is checkered Tiffany Stanley (Aug 2 2024)
mprnews.org/story/2024/08/03/what-are-maternity-homes-their-legacy-is-checkered
- After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes (August 2 2024) Tiffany Stanley
apnews.com/article/abortion-maternity-homes-catholic-evangelical-roe-f455da4fd46c195246df43bc6dd16a67
- Maternity homes provide support in a post Roe world, but not without conditions Katia Riddle (May 9 2023)
npr.org/2023/05/09/1174323027/maternity-homes-provide-support-in-a-post-roe-world-but-not-without-conditions
- WeCount
societyfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WeCountReport_April2023Release.pdf
- Adoption: Not by choice Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh August 2001
eclectica.org/v6n1/buterbaugh.html
- John Oliver on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
youtu.be/4NNpkv3Us1I?si=YJo4ft_zCn2naZWK
- Florida’s Maternity Homes Made Single Mothers Feel Like "Criminals"
motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/floridas-dehumanizing-maternity-homes-made-single-mothers-feel-like-criminals
- Maternity homes, aimed at halting abortions, are expanding across the US
wusf.org/health-news-florida/2024-08-11/maternity-homes-aimed-at-halting-abortions-are-expanding-across-the-us
Further Reading:
Ann Fessler, “The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade”
Gabrielle Glaser, “American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Secret History of Adoption”
Kathryn Joyce, “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption”
Gretchen Sisson, “Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood”
Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh, “The Baby Scoop Era: Unwed Mothers, Infant Adoption and Forced Surrender”
Image Credits:
- Crittenton Home
By This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library.
- Seattle
remnantsofourpast.blogspot.com/2020/11/mutual-benefit-girls-and-women-of.html
- Booth Home
sawest.pastperfectonline.com/Photo/3133F724-BAC7-46A8-8A6A-142653375437
- Salvation Army
motherandbabyhomes.wordpress.com/tag/william-booth
