by Heather Lowe

About the author: Heather Lowe, a writer, is an activist with Concerned United Birthparents, an organization dedicated to preventing unnecessary adoptions and protecting birth parents’ rights.

When my son made his entrance into the world . . . , a second birth took place. There on the delivery table, soaked in sweat and blood, I was reborn as a birthmother. In the long days since that double birth, I have grieved a grief of a severity I didn’t think possible. I have reached new depths of suffering, and I have lived the meaning of regret. For a person who despises victimhood and espouses personal responsibility, this has been a hard role to accept—but the truth remains . . . I was hurt by bad laws.

The Birthmother Status

No little girl...