Herbie Newell is the President of Lifeline Children’s Services. He joins us to discuss the role adoption can play in problem pregnancy.
Because adoption is legal and widely available, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued in the Dobbs case that abortion is not needed in any case. Herbie provides details as to how adoption can be the true choice. He says we need to:
- Change the language away from “give up” your baby or “give away” a baby for adoption.
- Realize that placing a child for adoption is not a callous choice, but a loving choice
- Support open adoption and other innovations allow birth parents to remain involved in the lives of their children after placing in an adoptive family; kinship and interim care can provide breathing room to help a woman make a parenting plan
- Realize church can play a key role in helping women choose life if they are not in a position to parent at the time of birth.
- Envision the hundreds of thousands of state-created orphans in the foster care system as a priority mission field for the church.
Lifeline offers Maternity Services, Adoption Services, Foster Care Services, Global Orphan Care, and Counseling and Education for parents, churches and community groups.
From his bio: Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. He holds a Master’s of Business Administration in Accounting from Samford University. From January 2004 to December 2008, he served as the president of the Alabama Adoption Coalition and was chosen as a Hague Intercountry Adoption evaluator and team leader by the Council of Accreditation. Under Herbie’s leadership, Lifeline has increased international outreach to 25 countries through adoption and strategic orphan care, obtained licensure in 12 states, attained membership into the ECFA (Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability), and established the foster care arm at Lifeline.
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