{"id":213256,"date":"2019-10-31T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=213256"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:50:29","slug":"virginia-couple-adopt-facebook-adopting-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-couple-adopt-facebook-adopting-son\/","title":{"rendered":"This Virginia couple’s offer to adopt went viral on Facebook. Now, they’re adopting a son."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Virginia couple is preparing to welcome a new addition to their family after making a bold offer to adopt an preborn child at risk of being aborted. Blake and Sarah Thomas of Radford, Virginia, made headlines earlier this year when their Facebook photo<\/a> offering adoption went viral. The photo features the couple holding a sign that read, “Please don’t abort. We will adopt your baby.”<\/p>\n

The Thomases’ post was in response to the passage of the radical New York bill that allows abortion up to birth in most cases. According to WND<\/a>, the couple got the idea after seeing a similar-style post from Kevin and Nicole Cook<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n

The post went on to have 17,000 shares and gained a huge response from mothers contemplating abortion. The post also inspired other women to offer adoption, with one commenter saying, “My husband and I have been trying for a year to have a baby\u2026 Please send anyone my way that would be willing to adopt out!!!”<\/p>\n