The “birthmother” is not moving on…

By TAO

I am acknowledging I have no direct experience in what I am saying below. My experience is different, but I do believe there are parallels between the two experiences.

 

Oh the spinning of old comments into new positive comments…

By TAO

The words might have changed but the reality didn’t…

From “you could have been aborted” to “she chose life“…

 

Kathryn Joyce has an opinion piece up at Huff Post…

The Problem With the Christian Adoption Movement

“Several weeks ago, in honor of “Birthmothers’ Day,” the pre-Mother’s Day celebration of women who relinquish children for adoption, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Fox News analyst Nina Easton. In it, Easton, an adoptive mother, called for a shift in language that would recast adoption not as abandonment, but as a heroic gift of life that a biological mother can make not only to her child, but also to would-be adoptive parents. In her opening paragraph, Easton lamented that adoption “carries such a social stigma that domestic placement of infants has plummeted — even as the number of parents desperate for a baby grows.” Changing the language around adoption, she suggested, to call “birthmothers” selfless and loving, could help encourage more women to relinquish.”

 

Misconception in open adoption…

By TAO

I have seen an increase in comments that domestic open adoption has solved the problem of the adult adoptee not having the same right to their Original Birth Certificate (OBC) as non-adopted, or, that the adopting parents obtained the child’s OBC prior to the adoption so their child won’t be denied the right.

 

How do you view adoption…

By TAO

Hopefully this makes sense: Something I have pondered is how “adoption” is viewed by different groups found in the adoption community.  I understand that not all defined by a specific group will view “adoption” the same, and not what I mean to imply.  Rather how a group may typically view “adoption” through their role / lens.

 

What I seldom hear first in the message of “called to adopt”

By TAO

I have hesitated posting this for several days, but I have decided to go ahead because I think it is something I need to say.  Something has bothered me but I couldn’t put my finger on what it was, but first let me take a step back putting the concern on ethical adoptions for only those who truly need adoption aside for the moment…