A fantastic book that I’ll be recommending to anyone who will listen. 

Changing (and, honestly, increasing) our understanding of adoption is crucial to the future of reproductive justice in the U.S., particularly for those of us who care about abortion, parenting, motherhood, and creating a more equitable society. As someone who is childfree by choice, I had never really considered things like the power imbalance at play, the demographics of folks who adopt and folks who relinquish, or what all of that means politically. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while!

Relinquished is essential reading for anyone considering adoption, anyone who sees themselves as pro-choice, and anyone who has pro-life folks in their orbit who tout the value of adoption. (It is essential reading for folks who consider themselves pro-life as well, I just have a feeling they won’t be super inclined to read it? But who knows! Recommend it to them, too.)