Adoption from the Birth Mother's Perspective

NPR | By Tovia Smith

Published December 23, 2004 at 7:00 PM HST

Evelyn, who asked that we not use her last name, holds her baby boy, born in December.

Tovia Smith

Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.

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