Babies were once "put up" for adoption. Today they're "placed." The women once called "wayward mothers" or those "bad girls" are now known as "birth mothers." The language of adoption has changed dramatically in a century. But the painful emotions and conflicts remain.
In an exhibit named "EVERLASTING", A Rhode Island artist is taking us back to the days a generation ago before Roe v. Wade. She's recording the stories of women forced to give their children away. Many were shunned by their families, sent away to institutions to secretly give birth, and then expected to come back and pretend nothing had happened. Years later, the grief remains.
