Society is backward. That impression is more intuitive than concrete, except when examining the modern posture toward parenthood. Then, statistics speak for themselves.

For example, “By a ratio of nearly 50:1, women choose to terminate a pregnancy rather than place that child for adoption.” Researchers Ryan Hanlon and Elizabeth Kirk explain as much in an Institute for Family Studies article titled “Why Most Americans Admire Adoption But Don’t Choose It.” The article supplements Hanlon and Kirk’s recent paper on how adoption figures into pregnancy decision-making and concludes with the prescription that adoption needs to be reframed.