Steve: An Adoptee Talks Birth Records

Steve Inskeep is an adoptee and adoptive parent born in 1968, the peak year for adoptions in America during the Baby Scoop Era.
He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
Known for interviews with presidents and Congressional leaders, Steve has a passion for stories of the less famous: Pennsylvania truck drivers, Kentucky coal miners, U.S.-Mexico border detainees, Yemeni refugees, California firefighters, and American soldiers.
And now adoptees can be added to that list. Recently, he published an in-depth article in The Atlantic about America’s long history of secret adoption:
NO ONE’S CHILDREN - America's long history of secret adoption
A native of Carmel, Indiana, Inskeep is a graduate of Morehead State University in Kentucky and resides in Washington, DC.
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[@maryannscott5567]

Omg. I was raised in Indianapolis. I was sent away to the Suemma Coleman Home for Unwed Mothers by my parents. They arranged to have my baby adopted in March 1971. He was taken to Lafayette and raised to adulthood there.

[@TucsonMacBanshee]

I thought the article in The Atantic was very important, and I have sent it to many people. Because Steve is so well know, especially to teh NPR audience, it was important for his voice to be added to those of teh less well-known about the harms of secrecy in adoption records.