WBBJ: Group advocates to make adoption easier in Tennessee

JACKSON, Tenn. — With the overturn of Roe v. Wade on Friday, some states are pushing for adoption instead of abortion.

A non-profit is talking about the importance of adoption and fostering now more than ever.

Parents interested in the process of adoption are having to jump many hoops to create a family though that process, and one group of people wanted to change that.

“As I finished my gripe session, he kind of said, ‘Well Jeremy, if you think it’s so messed up, if you think it needs to be fixed, why don’t you go do something about it,'” said Jeremy Harrell, the President & CEO of The Adoption Project.

Two adoptive parents united to create The Adoption Project, which focuses on advocating for policies that benefit the children, adoptive parents, and foster parents through foster care and to make the state of Tennessee adoption friendly… Keep reading from WBBJ >