Hi, I'm Alyssa Milano, and this is Sorry Not Sorry. I will never get over it because it was such a shock to me to discover at the age of 16.

I'm adopted and this is who I am.

What was done to us as children was wrong.

For decades in Canada, to be unwed and pregnant was seen as a shameful thing.

And in many cases, those women, deemed unfit for motherhood, say they were coerced into

giving their babies up for adoption.

We need to focus on two critical areas that take away from the abortion element and focus

on women's health care.

The pregnancy crisis centers across

the state can handle additional work and we should fund them accordingly to address that

issue. The other thing I think we need to really emphasize is adoption. Adoption and

fostering is a really tough system and I think we should listen to the people who have been through those

systems when they say, please do not make us the center of your abortion argument.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to a live edition of Sorry Not Sorry. I am Alyssa Milano, and I'm here with one of my favorite people, my co-host, Ben Jackson, and I'm so glad you're able to join us today. Thank you so much for being here.

It's been nearly three years since the Dobbs decision, which the Supreme Court used to strip women of the right to control our own bodies.

In that decision and frequently presented across the ideological spectrum

as an alternative to abortion, adoption has been at the forefront of the discussion.

But is adoption as benevolent and empowering as it is presented to be?

Our guest today argues that it is not, and she's got compelling evidence to back that up.

Dr. Gretchen Sisson is a researcher at advancing new standards in reproductive health,

in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California,

San Francisco. Her book relinquished the politics of adoption and the privilege of American

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