November is National Adoption Month, but adoption agencies and advocates say they do not expect a baby boom as abortions decline following the end of Roe v. Wade.
Adoption experts say the length of the adoption process and the likelihood of those mothers keeping their newborns will prevent agencies from seeing any surge in infants.
“From an agency perspective, we haven’t seen a massive uptick in women choosing adoption,” said Chelsea Sobolik, senior director of policy and advocacy at Lifeline Children’s Services, an Alabama-based international Christian adoption agency. “We’ve actually seen more women choosing to parent their new babies.