Category: adoption
Foster Care System is No Excuse for Abortion: Dre Greenlaw’s Inspiring Story of Adoption, NFL Career, and 2024 Super Bowl JourneyÂ
Jordan Estabrook | February 6, 2024
Media outlets, including CNN, The Atlantic, Vox, and others, use the argument of a crowded foster care system to justify abortion. Here’s their argument in a nutshell: if we can’t care for them, we should kill them. If they have the potential for a bad, hard life, they’re better off dead. It’s usually not said that plainly. Some disguise
The Abortion Lobby Says I Should Have Been Aborted; Here’s Why I Fundamentally Disagree as an Adoptee Â
Caroline Wharton | November 29, 2023
GUEST POST: As we end National Adoption Month, I am living proof that adoption is always a better option than abortion — and I mean every time. The abortion lobby likes to counter statements like that with what-if circumstances, but my story proves each one wrong. Here’s what I mean: Pro-Abortion Lie #1: Adoptees are Better Off Dead Born in
New on Explicitly Pro-Life: Children Are Not Commodities to be Bought & Sold
Caroline Wharton | September 17, 2023
In the newest episode of Explicitly Pro-Life, the podcast hosted by Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins, she discusses the commodification of children with Katy Faust, the Founder and President of Them Before Us. The two discuss how our society has sadly weaponized children’s greatest wounds for selfish and political gains. For example, adoption does not exist to
A Year After Roe, Adoptions are on the Rise Proving Life-Affirming Resources Flourish When Abortion is Off the Table
Caroline Wharton | July 11, 2023
When faced with an unexpected pregnancy, the pro-life movement encourages women and families to seek life-affirming resources that don’t include abortion. Some life-affirming resources for parents that are unable to raise their child include Safe Havens, foster care, and adoption. While Students for Life Action (SFLAction) and Students for Life of America (SFLA) recognize reforms are needed to better the foster care and adoption systems,
New on Explicitly Pro-Life: Adoption Agency President Discusses Foster Care & AdoptionÂ
Caroline Wharton | February 16, 2023
GUEST POST: In a new episode of the Explicitly Pro-Life podcast, hosted by Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins, Hawkins welcomes guest Herbie Newell. Newell is President and Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services, the largest evangelical Christian adoption agency in the United States. He is also the author of a book titled Image Bearers: Shifting from
Unconditional Love Felt by Adopted Child Led to an Adulthood Full of Generosity
Caroline Wharton | December 2, 2022
Elizabeth Groff, as reported by Fox News, was an orphan in the Ukraine until she was adopted by an American family at the age of 13 and given a new perspective on life. When orphaned, Groff’s spirit was lifted near Christmas time when she was sent a shoebox of toys from people unknown to her. “There was nothing I had
Jennifer Lawrence Has Volunteered Herself as Tribute for Most Backwards Opinion on Abortion – the HUBRIS Games
Caroline Wharton | September 7, 2022
In an unsurprising fashion (and often in fashion magazines), Hollywood elite have weighed in on the issue of abortion and have lent their misguided opinions to millions of readers, viewers, and followers. This week, A-list celebrity Jennifer Lawrence confessed a stunning revelation to Vogue regarding two tragic miscarriages she suffered.  It was reported that Lawrence said had she NOT suffered a
The Associated Press Features Moving Interview with Birth Mom Glad She Chose Adoption
Caroline Wharton | January 6, 2022
In light of recent attacks on adoption following the Dobbs v. Jackson case, a recent piece by the Associated Press (AP) highlighted the pro-life movement and the heartwarming story of a courageous mother who chose life and an adoptive family for her children—not once, but twice. This story being shared by an international news organization amidst the adoption-bashing was
Adoption Gave Me a Brother
Caroline Wharton | December 21, 2021
GUEST POST: My mother always wanted a big family; after all, the more the merrier. However, for some years, it was just my sister and me. While at the time, it may have seemed like God didn’t bless her with the big family that my mother wanted, I know now that God’s timing and plan was just different and better
My Favorite Niece is Adopted  Â
Caroline Wharton | December 21, 2021
 GUEST POST: As we approach another Christmas while fighting against the anti-adoption narrative, my thoughts go back to one of my favorite Christmases. That year, Christmas dinner was as normal as could be. After my family and I spent all morning opening presents, we were fighting the lethargic feeling that inevitably comes after stuffing one’s face with amazing food