The conversation has become solely about abortion and the politics of it. And that hasn’t gotten us where we need to be. Meanwhile, our culture has learned to treat mothers and their children as inconvenient. And we’ve asked women alone to be the ones to sacrifice to raise the next generation. It’s no wonder that women (mothers and those who may become mothers) feel unheard, unseen, unsupported. The separation of a mother and her child becomes thinkable when motherhood isn’t.  What would happen if we focused less on the politics of abortion and more on making motherhood thinkable and achievable?

Supported Motherhood

Making motherhood more supported by calling on workplaces to treat moms as assets, calling on states to implement policies that support child-raising, and calling on men to step up as supportive partners and intentional fathers.

Supported Motherhood is… when a woman is held emotionally by her family and community as she births and nurtures life into the world. 

Supported Motherhood is… when a woman can share the weight of child raising with her family and community.

Supported Motherhood is… when a woman is practically, logistically and financially assisted by her family, community, and workplace with the practical realities of birth, postpartum, and child-raising.