4 Aug 2025 06:42
The Mormon Church Made Me Give Up My Baby w/ Myndee Tollefson | Ep. 2047
Join us today for a unique Mormon Stories episode that is the first of its kind. Myndee Tollefson was born in Bountiful, Utah to an orthodox Mormon family. At just 19, she became pregnant and, feeling immense pressure from the Church and her family, gave her baby up for adoption through LDS Family Services—only to later discover that her child's life in the adoptive family was not what the Church promised.
Topics include:
-Toxicity of purity culture
-Unplanned pregnancy in Mormonism
-Harsh backlash from her family and LDS community
-Adoption within the LDS Family services program
-The church's role in facilitating and encouraging adoption
-Being a "birth mom"
-Troubled teen culture within Mormonism
Her story sheds light on the emotional and spiritual costs of institutional coercion, and the healing that comes with breaking free from this control.
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