"The Children They Gave Away"

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Woman made the choice to give the baby up for adoption. When in fact, they were not really given a choice and were pressured to give the baby up for adoption. (Page 3)
Any woman that got pregnant was considered a slut. Most girls that became pregnant had sex with their first sexual partner and sometimes during their first sexual act. (Page 3)
A woman that gave up their child would not suffer any loss. When they returned home they would have to make up an excuse to where they had been for the past four months. (Page 3)

Summary:
"The Children They Gave Away" written by Sarah Karnasiewicz explained the truths to what really happened at maternity homes during the 50's and 60's. She uncovers that many myths we have about the choices the woman were given are false. Karnasiewisz also explains the consequences of going to the maternity homes were much greater than we had precieved. She talks about the sexual hypocrisy of the time and the lack in sexual education for the youth.

The article uncovered the false perceptions we have of the women that went to the maternity homes. Kanasiewisz did a good job of giving stories and researching women that had attended these wards. She did a good contrast and comparison in the investigation that African American woman and caucasian woman shared similar stories. I didn't really relate to this article too much probably because I felt it was geared more towards woman. The article does bring up Pro-Choice and Pro-Life opinons, even though abortion was not legalized during the time of these maternity homes. Overall I think this article was well researched, but it just didn't click for me because I think it was written more for woman that were Pro-Choice.