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Don’t Force It
If you’re having a hard time celebrating Birthmother’s Day or Mother’s Day (or motherhood or the lack of it), don’t force it. Feel what you feel. Know that you’re not alone. At this point, here in America, many of us are struggling to define the whole concept of...
When Abortion isn’t Available
What do you do when you don’t want to be pregnant, but when abortion isn’t available? The new Texas abortion law makes pregnancy termination procedures available only to those who know they are pregnant within two weeks of missing a period-- or just to those with the...
Adoption Help
"I'm looking for adoption help nearby, can you help me?" She was pregnant and due soon. She'd left an abusive relationship out-of-state and moved to Texas with her small kids in a car that was barely held together with prayers and duct tape. Along the way, she'd...
Hoping to Adopt is Hard
Ask anyone who's ever sought to become a parent through adoption, and they'll tell you: hoping to adopt is hard. At first, the hope comes easy. When you finally get to the point where your infertility doctor is willing to call it quits, you grieve the end of that...
Don’t Want Your Kids?
To anyone out there who's wishing they weren't parenting, if you don't want your kids, we know plenty of folks who long to be a mom and dad. We were, frankly, appalled to read a Golf Monthly article entitled "1 in 50 Americans Would Put a Child Up For Adoption To Play...
Rescuing Kids
Abrazo has a sterling record of helping children and parents since 1994-- but we are not in the business of "rescuing kids." And we'll be the first to tell you that all too often, those who brag about rescuing kids are doing precious little to actually "save"...
When Do Kids Get Their Say?
A recent paternity issue involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has got some folks wondering: when do kids get their say? Here's the backstory: Texas legend Jerry Jones allegedly fathered a baby girl by a married woman named Cynthia Davis Spencer in 1996. Through...
Open Adoption Boundaries & Barriers
Being in a state like Texas, there's a lot to unpack when one thinks about open adoption boundaries and barriers. Texas adoption laws allow for open adoptions, yet that any open adoption agreements entered into in Texas are not legally-enforceable. (So yes, parents...
Open Adoption Is Not Magic
If there's one thing that people need to know coming into the process it's surely this: open adoption is not magic. Open adoption is a kinder way to plan out the future for a child who must be adopted. It is a gentler approach for all the parents involved, so they can...
Desperate to Adopt?
There are countless folks across America who are (understandably) desperate to adopt. Still, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it-- no matter how desperate any hopeful wanna-be parent might feel? One Texas woman recently found out out the hard way how...
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