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This is a clip from an episode of Life Report<\/strong><\/a> called “Local Experts Clarify Domestic and International Adoption<\/a>.” In this episode I interviewed Stephanie Grant, Executive Director of Infant of Prague Adoption Services<\/a>, and\u00a0Laurel Boylan, Founder of God’s Waiting Children<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this clip, I asked whether a pregnant teen needs to choose adoption before contacting an adoption agency.<\/p>\n

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\"anxiety\"Josh Brahm: <\/strong>If there’s a pregnant teen listening — or maybe if someone knows of a teen who is pregnant and maybe she’s not yet sure what she wants to do, maybe she’s thinking about adoption — although a lot of people don’t end up choosing adoption, sadly. And so, does that person need to basically decide “I’m definitely going to do adoption” before contacting an adoption agency, or what would you advise that girl to do?<\/p>\n

Stephanie Grant:<\/strong> Absolutely not. She does not need to be sure. I think a lot of times people think that and so they don’t contact our agency. We work with women that are in crisis with an unexpected pregnancy. And so when they make a plan to parent, we connect them to resources. Pregnancy Care Center<\/a> is a great resource we often connect our young moms to. And then, you know, we just help them figure out pros and cons, what’s parenting going to look like, what’s adoption going to look like — and help them make the best decision they can make and then just support them in that. So it’s not only about adoption, absolutely not.<\/p>\n

Download Full Interview (MP3)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0| 00:28:00<\/p>\n

Life Report<\/a><\/strong> trains pro-life people to communicate their views more effectively. Through round-table discussions and interviews with the top experts on the subject, Life Report provides real-world answers to the toughest questions regarding abortion in the 21st<\/sup> century. Follow them on Facebook<\/a> or Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Kimberly Carmany<\/a> for the transcription.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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