My mother’s secret changed how I think about abortion
About this episode
Megan McArdle reflects on her mother's secret and its impact on her views about abortion and adoption.
Shortly before her mother died, Megan McArdle learned a family secret. Decades earlier, her mother had given birth to a son and placed him for adoption. Megan’s attempt to find the brother she never knew would force her to reconsider her mother’s life—and confront abortion as something more than an abstract political debate. In this deeply personal episode, producer Regina de Heer interviews Megan about the choices her mother faced, the grief she carried and why our arguments about abortion and adoption leave so little room for complexity. This episode includes discussions of death, grief and abortion. Subscribe to The Washington Post here .
People in this episode
Host: Regina de Heer
Guest: Megan McArdle
Topics covered
- abortion
- adoption
- family secrets
- grief
- personal stories
Keywords
- abortion
- adoption
- family
- grief
- personal narrative
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