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#pdspin combo and new trick from @meso.de 🥢 gue

#pdspin combo and new trick from @meso.de 🥢 guess i will work on my splits more 😅 #polejourney

too tired for any fancy tricks tonight. just weari

too tired for any fancy tricks tonight. just wearing my @dontmesswithroe shirt and mourning the loss of our civil liberties 🥺

i'm worn 💔 #poleismytherapy

i'm worn 💔 #poleismytherapy

From Political Pawns to Punchlines: Leave Adoptees

From Political Pawns to Punchlines: Leave Adoptees Out of Your Abortion Arguments (and Memes)

"We will adopt your baby" posts went viral on Twitter only days after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Unsettling photos of nightmarish couples were shared en masse, mocking the White hopeful adoptive parents who posed with protest signs bearing the phrase in celebration of the ruling. Advocates from both sides of the abortion debate are quick to invoke adoption to support their views, but neither group seems interested in the experiences of those most impacted- adoptees.

Whether intended as jest or otherwise, snarky quips prodding anti-abortion advocates to foster or adopt as a test of their “pro-life” commitment are misguided and uninformed. This irresponsible argument demonstrates a striking lack of sympathy for the children they would see placed in such dangerous hands and a fundamental misunderstanding about the adoption and foster care systems.

Three of the conservative Supreme Court justices who voted to uphold Mississippi’s abortion ban are adoptive parents. Many people who prayed for the end of legalized abortion are the same ones carrying the “We will adopt your baby” posters. The practice of adoption goes hand in hand with colonialism and White Supremacy or saviorism—undergirded by the belief that parents of color are less qualified or deserving of a chance to raise their children.

Adoptee voices matter, and they could help dismantle a broken system. Please spend time listening to our experiences and learning more about the history of the adoption industrial complex, family separation, and lifelong adoptee trauma. Read between the memes, and you will find our stories.

Read more (link in bio) #adopteevoices #prochoiceadoptee #adoption

wait for it... 🤣🙃 #polelols

wait for it... 🤣🙃 #polelols