Adoption Icons

Adoption Icons

As the founder and director of Abrazo, I am sometimes asked who influenced my adoption career most? I was fortunate to have “come up through the ranks” during a period in American adoption history that afforded me access to an amazing array of adoption professionals...
Dear Katie Pladl…

Dear Katie Pladl…

You don’t know us, dear Katie Pladl. However, the most intimate details of your life are quickly spreading across the global media, so we feel like we know you, and we figure you could probably use some support about now. (Note to readers: this blog was published...
What About Adoptee-Privacy?

What About Adoptee-Privacy?

Not long ago, a famous adoption dispute brought the issue of adoptee-privacy to the forefront. It concerned a baby girl named Veronica, whose birthmom had been placed for adoption without her father’s consent. Her birthfather, a registered member of an Indian tribe,...
Adoptive-motherhood

Adoptive-motherhood

If you are struggling to balance the secret burdens of adoptive-motherhood, take heart: you are not alone, and your efforts really are appreciated, even if it doesn’t seem like it sometimes. (Okay… most times, perhaps?) Being a mother through adoption seems like a...
How to Ruin an Open Adoption

How to Ruin an Open Adoption

Most folks don’t seek out advice on how to ruin an open adoption, and we’re glad they don’t. We believe in open adoption. Open adoption can work wonders for people who truly put their whole hearts into it, who match the right way for the right reasons. They understand...
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24-Hour Birthparent HelpLine
for New Placing Parents/Medical Emergencies

Placing parents calling from Texas or surrounding states:
800-454-5683

Placing parents calling from outside Texas, please call collect:
210-342-LOVE (5683)

Placing parents text:
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