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The Dark Past and Questionable Future of Pre-Birth Matching in Adoption.
Read more: The Dark Past and Questionable Future of Pre-Birth Matching in Adoption.Connecting a frazzled pregnant woman’s future baby with a calm married couple is almost cliche in our culture. We gaze on such a scene with the warm glow of wholesome goodness. At the core of this practice is a dark history that most of us don’t know about. If we did know, we may pause…
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In America, But Not At Home.
Read more: In America, But Not At Home.A Discussion With Patricia Knight Meyer about her adoption story and how she processed her trauma through writing. Patricia Knight Meyer’s story seems foreign compared to the happy renditions of adoptive families brought together for happy holiday photos. She was adopted quietly, without proper paperwork. This left her in a state of limbo for a…
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Should We Rethink How We Care For First Mothers? a talk with Carlynne Hershberger
Read more: Should We Rethink How We Care For First Mothers? a talk with Carlynne HershbergerWhen Carlynne Hershberger found out she was pregnant at 19 she could never have known then how that experience would shape the rest of her life. Many women don’t. In Carlynne’s case she became a victim of the baby scoop era when young pregnant women were hidden away and their babies were taken from them…
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Embryo Adoption Creates a New Form of Adoptee with the Same Old Problems.
Read more: Embryo Adoption Creates a New Form of Adoptee with the Same Old Problems.New Kinds of Family Bonds Embryo adoption is already bending the way we see family and siblings. There are stories hitting papers about families forming a special bond because their children are all biological siblings even though their parents are unrelated. (1) A generous donor offered the embryos they chose not to use after IVF…
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Embryos Enter the Already Complex World of Adoption.
Read more: Embryos Enter the Already Complex World of Adoption.Adoption is Already Complicated Superficially, adoption seems straightforward. A child needs a home so one is provided. Most people who have had any experience with adoption in real life know otherwise. Three longstanding methods of transferring a child from one family to another are the most common. Each of these have traumatic backstories that years…
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What will Embryo Adoption Mean for the Future of Family Building: a Talk with Risa Cromer
Read more: What will Embryo Adoption Mean for the Future of Family Building: a Talk with Risa CromerAdoption is changing. Technology now makes it possible to adopt the embryos left over from couples who have attempted or succeeded in IVF treatments. Oversight and regulation of this transaction is in its infancy. The people adopting these embryos and those encouraging the idea of the personhood of these embryos is a select group. Where…
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The Future of Adoption Includes Gay Dads
Read more: The Future of Adoption Includes Gay DadsBuilding a family is typically an exciting and nerve wracking experience. For those like Nick Adams-King and his husband more of the process has to do with paperwork and meetings than late night cravings and morning sickness. Nick’s family was built through adoption in the UK. Since 2002 gay couples have been allowed to add…
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How Two Dads Adopted in the UK
Read more: How Two Dads Adopted in the UKNick Adam’s King and his husband began their adoption journey years ago with the adoption of their son. Later they adopted again and their daughter joined the family. Nick helps me understand how adoptions in the UK differ from those in the US. We learn about the ups and downs of their journey and how…
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From Orphan Trains to Today
Read more: From Orphan Trains to TodayHow has adoption changed? Orphan trains were an attempt to decrease the population of poor children clogging the streets of big cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. (1) Aid workers who were struck with the plight of these children thought that removing them from the dirty, dangerous city and planting them down on…
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A Ride on the Orphan Trains with Andrea Warren
Read more: A Ride on the Orphan Trains with Andrea WarrenThe orphan trains were an early experiment in American history in which well meaning adults in large East Coast cities put children that didn’t appear to be in the care of an adult on a train heading west to be adopted by farm families . For some children this meant they traded a life of…
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