Cardinal O’Connor Conference Speaker: Jessica O’Connor-Petts
These are my notes from Jessica O’Connor-Petts’ speech at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference. Parts are paraphrased or directly quoted from her words.
Jessica recounted her tale of her own unplanned pregnancy, how she gave birth and gave up her son for open adoption. She told of how she is still in contact with her birth son and has spoken with him. She spoke of how Catholic charities helped her through both pregnancy and post-birth.
She then took questions from the audience on a wide variety of topics, including the careful emotional balance between the birth mother and the adoptive parents in the critical time after birth.