We promote adoption as a positive option for those facing unplanned pregnancies.
August 2024 News
Happy 15-year ANNIVERSARY to Unplanned Good!
Spreading the word about open adoption for 15 years!
Paperback versions of our books are $15 each (down from $19.95) until the end of August, in celebration of our 15 years!
Here's a link to Amazon so you can buy them. P.S. The Pro-Choice book is now available as an audio book!
Enjoy!
Our Very First Newsletter,
Back in June of 2009, I had a small gathering with some of my close friends who were helping me figure out what to do with this idea about adoption. We knew there was something there, and pursued some focus groups to test the idea. Some clarity did come from that, and I sent our first newsletter as a followup to those discussions.
It's amazing how much our work over the past 15 years aligns with these thoughts from July of 2009. And you've been supporting our mission ever since. Thank you!
LIVE ACTION Lawmakers Summit
I'm at the Summit today, thanks to your help! We are SO grateful to you for supporting us when we really needed you!
We will look forward to sharing more in our next newsletter, I'll let you know all about it!
You DID help us get there!
So grateful to have the chance to share Idaho's new pro-adoption legislation with the 70 lawmakers who will be attending this Summit!
It's such a fabulous opportunity to spread the word about the adoption bills we worked on last year!
Here's a video recap of the 2023 Lawmakers Summit.
The Reason for our Policy Work
Last Spring we talked with Idaho's Superintendent of Education. She fully supported bringing adoption education into the classroom and asked if we could help her find a curriculum. So we researched a dozen different health ed / sex ed courses for her and found nothing that educated on adoption. Then we talked with a few of those content providers and asked them if they would add it, and the responses were not promising.
That's why we turned to legislation. With the support of Superintendent Debbie Critchfield's office, that route was the most efficient. Now, our suggestion to teach current adoption practices - when they discuss contraception, STDs, etc. - is the law in Idaho.
And we'll be sharing this with lawmakers from across the country at this month's Summit! So exciting!
The Strategy behind our Policy Work
While these States are saying ‘no’ to abortion, we encourage them to say ‘yes’ to adoption!
We hope to enact "pro-adoption" legislation nationally. We're so grateful for our success in Idaho, where we got three bills passed to help birth mothers and to build awareness about adoption.
Our early supporters, the Lt Gov Scott Bedke and Senator Julie VanOrden, both invited us to come back next session and tackle a second set of legislative priorities. So exciting!
Clearly, the time is right for this work! And, with your support, we will keep going!
Imagine if these States made it easier to choose adoption!
Are You a Birth Mother??
BIRTH MOM SURVEY HERE
If you have ever placed a baby for adoption, please take a minute to complete this survey about post-placement support for birth parents.
We want your input!
WE NEED YOU!!
How can you help? Here are our top three requests:
1. BUY THE BOOK.
You can buy it now on Amazon.
2. LEAVE A REVIEW ON AMAZON.
You can help spread the word about this book by posting a brief comment on Amazon. It only takes a minute!
3. HELP PROMOTE THE BOOK.
Check out our library of social media posts we made for you, or simply share the book with a friend.
Phrase of the Day: Open Adoption
Open adoption is a form of adoption in which the biological and adoptive families have each other's contact information and varying degrees of contact with each other, by phone, in person and/or through social media.
OPEN ADOPTION;
It's Not Like the Olden Days!
All of this is about spreading the word about open adoption -- a reasonable option for women facing unplanned pregnancy. The 1970s and 80s were all about closed adoptions. Then we discovered the beauty of open adoption. Learn more about open adoption in this short video.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Fewer than 1% of women facing unplanned pregnancy make an adoption plan?
- When they do, it's because an adult in their life encouraged them to consider adoption?
- There are over one million U.S. couples waiting now to adopt?
Check out our website at www.UnplannedGood.org/
Comments? Email us, at UnplannedGood@gmail.com
Submit stories, testimonials, questions or comments.
Why are we doing this?
Young women are 50% more likely to make an adoption plan when the trusted adult in their life suggests it to them. Otherwise, most girls don't give it a minute's thought, and choose between abortion or single parenting. That's why we need to get this on the radar of more people.
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Thank you!
Tell a Friend
You know people who've been touched by adoption. Ask them to write their short story for our web site and sign up for our newsletter.
"My Mom encouraged me, and that made all the difference!
I needed to know that she'd stand by me through this and support the adoption plan."
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Help us to get the word out!
Submit your story!
Please forward this newsletter to someone you know who has been touched by adoption. Ask them to sign up for our monthly news here and/or contribute their story to our web site.
Thank you so much for your continued encouragement & support of UPG.
Terri
About Unplanned Good
We promote adoption as a positive option for those facing unplanned pregnancies. It can be so very good (and beautiful!) for all involved.
Unplanned Good is reaching out to both teens and their parents, to let them know that adoption is an option. Studies have shown that young women are 50% more likely to see their pregnancy through and make an adoption plan when an adult suggests this path.
Please visit our site, and pass it on. Read the encouraging, heartfelt stories there. Send in your own story, and ask a friend to do the same.
