Host Dave Roberts interviews Tina Amoroso, former employee of Real Options, a nonprofit supporting people facing unplanned pregnancies and reproductive loss. Tina recounts growing up in a strict Catholic Filipino household, becoming pregnant at 15, hiding it, facing bullying, and attempting to obtain an abortion but being turned away due to gestational age and medical complications. Sent to relatives to give birth in secret and plan a closed adoption, she initially tried to parent, then placed her son, Eric, with adoptive parents she trusted; the adoption became open, leading to an ongoing relationship and shared family connection. Tina explains Real Options’ mission of prevention in schools, services for men and women (testing, counseling, prenatal support, supplies, insurance help, and hope/healing), and cites over 7,000 lives safeguarded in 20 ...