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Open Adoption
Despite Progress, Forced-Adoption Practices Persist Throughout the United States
From RH Reality Check: This year has been a good year so far for an international community of mothers seeking redress for millions of forced adoptions that took place in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. In February, Australian legislators announced a plan to apologize for the coercive practices that unnecessarily separated thousands of families during [...]
New report details increase in ‘open’ adoptions
From the Associated Press: The secrecy that long shrouded adoption has given way to openness, and only about 5 percent of infant adoptions in the U.S. now take place without some ongoing relationship between birth parent and adoptive family, according to a comprehensive new report. Based on a survey of 100 adoption agencies, the Evan [...]
Pushing for open adoptions
From Sonoma News: Sometimes adoption and secrecy are synonymous, and adoptive families find themselves living in a hush-hush world. Sonomans Gene and Cathie Sperring, who raised two adopted children, believe families like theirs should let go of secrets and instead seek answers. They think adopted persons have a right to know who gave birth to [...]
Enforceability of Open Adoption Agreements
Enforceability of Open Adoption Agreements* In 2010, Associate Dean and Professor of Law Annette R. Appell of Washington University Law School published an article in Western New England Law Review called “Reflections on the Movement Toward a More Child-Centered Adoption.” ** In this article, Professor Appell describes the way that post-adoption contact is regulated in [...]
Pennsylvania: Making open adoptions agreements legally binding
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Kiersten Jungling always knew she was adopted. As a girl, she had occasional visits with her birth mother. At 13, she agreed to be a junior bridesmaid in her birth mother’s wedding. Kiersten’s parents monitored the Facebook account she opened in the 11th grade, though they didn’t meddle. But her birth [...]
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