How Much Would You Pay to Stop An Abortion?
An anonymous person protesting our ever-diminishing reproductive rights is soliciting donations to save her fetus. Real or not, she’s raising some million-dollar questions.
Adoption
I Can’t Believe I Lived to See My Marriage Legalized
DAME’s executive editor celebrates today’s historic, hard-won SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage, reflecting on why she never imagined even being married.
I Broke Up With My Father
After years of dealing with her father’s fair-weather parenting, the writer did the hardest thing a daughter can do.
I Am Black. Rachel Dolezal Is Not
As the Black adopted daughter of White parents, the writer calls out the newly resigned NAACP president's racial appropriation for what it is: colonization on the most personal level.
You’d Be Such a Good Mother. If Only You Weren’t You
From Meghan Daum's anthology, SELFISH, SHALLOW, AND SELF-ABSORBED, memoirist M.G. Lord's brutally honest essay about her blindingly agonizing decision not to have kids.
The Birth Mother With No Baby
As this writer discovered in the worst way, domestic open adoption remains a largely unregulated frontier that can leave prospective adoptive parents vulnerable to just about anything.
From Ireland to Chile, the Babies of Unwed Mothers Met Horrific Fates
Hundreds found dead in a septic tank, dozens stolen by a Catholic priest. Done “for their own good,” it’s the same excuse society uses to strip women of choice—and power—today.
The Invisible Pregnancy
She might not endure physical labor, but the swelling of anticipation is true for this American writer who touchingly tells the story of her international adoption.
Jason Patric Is Not a Sperm Donor
Writer Jennifer Gilmore explains the complexities of an explosive custody battle through the lens of her own devastating adoption experience.