In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside

of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, herdevout parents hide her away at the Liberty Godparent Home, a little-knownfacility for pregnant teens on the campus of Liberty University. The Home saysit helps girls decide what comes next – whether that’s parenting their babiesor placing them for adoption. But inside the facility, the girls hear adifferent message: God wants their babies to go to more “deserving” Christiancouples. Some girls will find the strength to fight back. Others will have nochoice but to give in. And some, like Abbi, will turn their grief intoresistance – and take a stand against the system before more mothers lose theirchildren to adoptions they never wanted. 

 

From Wondery, host and reporter T. J. Raphael tells a

startling true story of young love, coercion, and defiance – and the dangerousresurgence of maternity homes in post-Roe America.

Listen to Liberty Lost: Wondery.fm/LL_What_Was_That_Like

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