An independent voice for ethical adoption
Position Papers
Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Adoption
Recently there has been a new movement toward banning adoptions by Gay, Lesbian and Transgender people. Ethica does not support these bans. On any given day, there are over 500,000 children in America’s foster care system and almost 120,000 of those wait for permanent adoptive homes. There is a perennial shortage of foster and adoptive [...]
2006 Hague Regulations position statement
February 15, 2006: Department of State releases the Final Regulations for the implementation of the Hague Adoption Convention in the United States.
Ethica’s Comments on Hague Regulations.
Ethica’s Comments on the Proposed Hague Regulations
Ethica believes the proposed regulations are a big step in the right direction—but they don’t go far enough.
Open Records: A Civil Rights Issue
Ethica believes that every American citizen should have complete and unencumbered access to information about his or her identity, including access to his or her original birth certificate, medical records, and social history. Ethica believes that limits on such access are a violation of a person’s basic human rights, and that equality demands that adult [...]
Why “Birth Parent”
Read our reasons for choosing the term “birth parent” instead of first/natural/biological
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