Education

5 Birth Mother Truths Everyone Needs to Hear

Sep 04, 2025
By, Donna Pope

In this episode of Choosing Adoption, host Donna Pope welcomes Lynea Krukiewicz, a birth mother advocate with 35 years of experience since placement, along with Laraine Moon. Together, they challenge misconceptions about birth mothers and address controversial topics around interstate adoption and coercion allegations.

Community Support
Lynea and Laraine advocacy work with the Utah Adoption Council and organize annual birth mother dinners. She emphasizes that birth mothers are intelligent women making informed decisions about their children's futures, often while facing societal judgment and legislative restrictions.

Rights Matter
The discussion addresses current legislative debates about birth mother rights and interstate adoption restrictions. Lynea advocates for birth mothers to have access to options across state lines and argues against policies that limit their freedom to choose the best placement situation for their children.

Five key truths that challenge common misconceptions:

Experience over stereotypes - Using Donna Pope's statistics about age and parenting experience
Love as motivation - Drawing from Lynea's emphasis on love-driven decisions
Intelligence over coercion - Using Lynea's direct quote about coercion allegations
Support over restrictions - Addressing the interstate adoption debate
Missing voices - Using Lynea's criticism of lawmakers not consulting birth mothers

Birth mothers deserve respect, support, and the freedom to make choices without restrictions or assumptions about their mental capacity.

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