137: The Sacrifice of Being a Birth Mother ft. Martha Farnsworth

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When we’re engaging in pro-life discourse, we often hail adoption as a beautiful, healthy choice—which it is. But it’s easy to forget that adoption at its core *begins* with a loss, with grief, and with suffering. Today’s podcast guest, Martha Farnsworth, is both an adoptee and a birth mom. We talk about both of those experiences and why we should never use the phrase “just” when speaking of adoption (ie., “Just pursue adoption!!!”) My heart broke when she talked about the church’s response to her pregnancy as a teenager and what she wishes they would have done differently. Martha’s wisdom and vulnerability were incredibly inspiring to me and I hope our chat resonates with you!

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Catholic feminist episode 137.
0:05.0	Today we're talking all about the sacrifice of birth motherhood and adoption.
0:10.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Select International Tours.
0:14.0	If you're considering going on a life-changing pilgrimage in 2020,
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0:22.0	Today's episode is also brought to you by Tours.
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0:32.9	dot com.
0:35.7	Welcome to the Catholic feminist,
0:38.0	a podcast for strong women who want to be informed,
0:40.8	inspired, and intentional. I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. Hey y'all,
0:57.0	y'all, happy Ash Wednesday, I'm not sure if that's like a
1:01.0	theologically appropriate phrase, but Ash Wednesday is super hard for me because I love food and I love eating food whenever I want and when I can't eat food whenever I want I get a little angry little snappy at my toddlers
1:15.0	so say a prayer for the Swinarski family today but that being said I do really enjoy the
1:21.6	liturgical season of Lent.
1:23.5	Not like it's super fun or easy or anything like that.
1:26.7	I just love the sense of resetting.
1:29.6	I love the seasonal nature of our faith
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