Understanding Adoption as a Reproductive Justice Issue

IF 2.5 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Psychology of Women Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI:10.1177/03616843231166376
Jade H. Wexler, Jieyi Cai, Kimberly D. Mckee, Amelia Blankenau, Heewon Lee, Oh Myo Kim, Adam Y. Kim, Richard M. Lee
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Abstract

Adoption is frequently invoked as a universal social good—an uncomplicated win for adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents alike—that obviates the need for abortion. As antiabortionists weaponize adoption to attack reproductive rights, psychologists must recognize adoption as a key reproductive justice issue with significant, lifelong physical and psychological impacts, especially on adopted people and birth parents. Recognizing critical adoption studies as an application of a reproductive justice framework, we argue that psychologists must understand how adoption is both sustained by and reinforces structural inequality and global reproductive injustice. In a post- Roe reality, clinicians and researchers must critically examine adoption histories and myths in order to address the needs of the adoption triad. As an interdisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians in psychology; medicine; genetic counseling; and women's, gender, sexuality, and Asian American studies, we examine adoption's ties to settler colonialism, racism, classism, and imperialism and interrogate harmful dominant narratives about adoption. We then summarize clinical considerations for working with members of the adoption triad, future directions for research on adoption, and recommendations for both clinicians and researchers to advance adoption competence in the face of current attacks on reproductive rights in the United States.
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收养经常被称为一种普遍的社会公益——对于被收养者、养父母和亲生父母来说,这是一种简单的胜利——从而消除了堕胎的必要性。随着反堕胎主义者将收养武器化以攻击生殖权利,心理学家必须认识到收养是一个关键的生殖正义问题,会对被收养者和亲生父母产生重大的终身身心影响。认识到批判性收养研究是生殖正义框架的应用,我们认为心理学家必须了解收养是如何通过结构性不平等和全球生殖不公正来维持和加强的。在后罗伊时代的现实中,临床医生和研究人员必须严格审查收养历史和神话,以满足收养三合一的需求。作为一个由心理学研究人员和临床医生组成的跨学科团队;医学遗传咨询;在妇女、性别、性和亚裔美国人的研究中,我们研究了收养与定居者殖民主义、种族主义、阶级主义和帝国主义的关系,并质疑了关于收养的有害主流叙事。然后,我们总结了与收养三人组成员合作的临床考虑因素、收养研究的未来方向,以及临床医生和研究人员在面对美国当前对生殖权利的攻击时提高收养能力的建议。
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期刊介绍: Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ) is a feminist, scientific, peer-reviewed journal that publishes empirical research, critical reviews and theoretical articles that advance a field of inquiry, teaching briefs, and invited book reviews related to the psychology of women and gender. Topics include (but are not limited to) feminist approaches, methodologies, and critiques; violence against women; body image and objectification; sexism, stereotyping, and discrimination; intersectionality of gender with other social locations (such as age, ability status, class, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation); international concerns; lifespan development and change; physical and mental well being; therapeutic interventions; sexuality; social activism; and career development. This journal will be of interest to clinicians, faculty, and researchers in all psychology disciplines, as well as those interested in the sociology of gender, women’s studies, interpersonal violence, ethnic and multicultural studies, social advocates, policy makers, and teacher education.
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