I agree with Crick - the article was confusing to say the least.
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Lackmeyer estimated that nationally, 75 percent of birth mothers end up changing their minds about adoption.
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Don't help much. Birth mothers are women that actually place.....so what are they considering "birth mothers"? Women that talk to an agency? Women that consider placement? Women that "match" with a PAP?
I suppose it's stories like this that make me so passionate about accurate terminology. Articles like this seek to demonize birth mothers, when the reality is that there isn't a single ACTUAL birth mother in the entire article!