It's not a statistic we like to hear, but we can't ignore the fact that each year about 750,000 teenagers become pregnant. The adoption support group Moms ALIVE (Adoptive Life is Very Exciting) travels to high schools and talks to teens about adoption, in an attempt to remove some of the stigmas associated with adoption.

"'They have a very 1950's image; they typically think of adoption as completely out of their hands. A social worker comes in, takes the baby, places the baby in the arms of a couple they've never met, and they don't know anything about the child or what happens to the child.'"

The organization currently makes presentations in about 35 Middle Tennessee high schools. Read more at Tennessean.com.

Labels: adoption rights, teenage pregnancy

Posted By: Aspen Education Group