Can we talk about adoption and alienation, for just a moment? "Alienation" is the act of isolating those who should belong. This topic deserves a far lengthier discussion. Yet it will hardly draw the public's attention even momentarily-- serious as it is. President...
There's a fine line in open adoption. Anybody involved needs to know this, upfront. In Texas, the law says there's no legal difference between an open adoption and any other adoption. For a baby or child to be free to be adopted, the first parents must surrender all...
This is a tribute to a mother who made righting adoption wrongs a one woman crusade. Her name is Sandy Musser. In 1954, Sandy found herself pregnant out of wedlock at the age of 15. She did what "girls in trouble" were supposed to do in that era. Sandy signed her...
At Abrazo, there's no just such thing as an unwanted baby. No child is ever unwanted. In the twenty-five years since Abrazo opened, we've found there are some cases that are more in demand than others. "Healthy newborns" always have plenty of prospective adopters...
People often wonder how open adoption works? The truth is this: it's harder than it looks. Well, not harder, necessarily... but the best open adoptions take work to make them work. Open adoption looks easy. It looks like people just found each other, agreed to be...
These days, it seems there's a lot of talk about abortion, CPS and surrogacy-- but what about adoption? Adoption IS alive and well in the 21st century. It's not as common as it once was, that's true. Illegitimacy is a concept that no longer compels single moms to...
She is pregnant and sleeping in the park these days. She has lost all her worldly possessions recently. So she lacks an ID, which would be necessary to qualify to stay in a shelter. She's in her late twenties, but looks much younger. Child Protective Services already...
These are just some thoughts on abortion & adoption. Those two words are just two letters apart. Yet there's a world of difference between the two procedures. (After all, one is meant to end life, while the other is meant to enrich it.) Abrazo sometimes gets...
When it comes to having more kids, how do you know when enough is enough? Babies don't just happen when the timing is "right," of course. For people with infertility, babies don't "just happen" at all. Couples with infertility have to make very conscientious choices...
Hey, you: mother who just placed or mom who just earned the title through adoption... welcome to the motherhood. (Adoption is the mother of all neighborhoods, after all!) Whether you've been longing to join this club for-seemingly-ever (as many adopting mothers do) or...
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