catholicworldreport.com
2026-11-13
Throughout the month of November, we celebrate one of the most selfless acts imaginable by a mom: giving birth to her child and placing her with an adoptive family. November is National Adoption Month--a time dedicated to opening your heart and home to a child in need and to thanking birth parents for their heroic actions.
There are many reasons a mom may choose adoption for her baby. Financial difficulties, young age, poor mental health, lack of support, or something else altogether. Regardless of her reason, in today's world, in which abortion is pushed and even celebrated, we should recognize the heroes who shirk this "choice" and who make the decision to continue giving life to their child.
Sadly, adoption is not a popular choice. In fact, the Institute for Family Studies states that "by a ratio of nearly 50:1, women choose to terminate a pregnancy rather than place that child for adoption."
Yet adoption is a beautiful and selfless decision. Just ask any adoptive mom who has been gifted a child by a birth mother.