What Are The General Demographics Of Birthparents?
The women and men who place with us are generally in their 20’s or 30’s, though we have also worked with younger women as well. Over half of the birthparents we have worked with are parenting one or more children. They want to devote their time and energy to caring for their older children at the time of a subsequent unplanned pregnancy. They are loving parents already and feel the limitations of what they can provide for another child. Other birthmothers are not yet parents and they are trying to stay in school or return to school. They care dearly about their futures and their quality of life. It may feel difficult to acknowledge how important it is for them to focus on their own needs but this often is an important focus for them. Many birthfathers also feel that they don’t want to be parents at this particular time and wish to pursue their education or work-lives as well. Nearly 100% of the birthmothers with whom we work have Medicaid or private health insurance. If they don’t have
