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…
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?
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,...
