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Home / Society / Issues / Children, Youth and Family / Adoption
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- A Westernized Adoptee - Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.
members.tripod.com/jenniferk/adoption.html
- Abolish Adoption - Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.
www.AbolishAdoption.com
- Adoptee's Right to Know - Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.
www.plumsite.com/shea
- Adoptees and Birthfamily for Open Records Nationwide (ABORN) - Adoptees rights advocacy group. Includes information about searching, reunions and adoption laws.
www.aborn.org
- Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide - A group of adoptees and birthparents trying to get birth records open for all adult adoptees.
members.tripod.com/ABORN.Webring/Aborn
- Adoption Fraud - Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.
www.adoption-fraud.com
- Adoption in the Computer Age - Discussion about how the Computer Age (or the Third Age) is revolutionizing adoption and searches. Includes information about SSDI, open records bills, the Uniform Adoption Act, search methods, recent developments, and Internet resources.
www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~progman/adoption
- Adoption Issues and Resources - About.com presents a survey of adoption topics and legal issues.
law.about.com/library/weekly/aa091597.htm
- Adoption: Legalized Lies - Non-profit organization working for the preservation of true families and the abolition of adoption. Includes membership information and contact details.
www.geocities.com/antiadoption
- American Adoption Congress - International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.
www.americanadoptioncongress.org
- Americans for Open Records - Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.
www.abolishadoption.com/amfor.html
- Bastard Nation - Focused on equal access for adoptees to their original birth certificates, adoptee dignity, combating negative stereotypes of adoptees, and providing a forum for the wide spectrum of adult adoptee experiences.
www.bastards.org
- Coalition for Open Adoption Records (Ontario) - Includes news, Bill 108 and a petition.
geocities.com/coarontario
- Effects of Institutionalization - Discussion of some of the issues related to long term effects of institutionalization on children, especially children with special needs adopted from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/institutionalization.html
- Hope4Kidz - Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.
www.hope4kidz.org
- OK Adults: Oklahomans for Open Adoption Records - Features information about the cause, state laws, alerts, and links to related content.
www.celticdreams.net/okadults
- Open Records Debate - An examination of the issue from About.com.
adoption.about.com/library/weekly/aa113098.htm
- OriginsUSA - Focuses on past practices for obtaining children for adoption and the harm they caused some birthmothers. Includes aims and objectives, questionnaire, and list of state contacts.
www.originsusa.com
- The Search Institute Report - A review of the Search Institute's study of adopted adolescents.
www.netaxs.com/~sparky/adoption/sir.htm
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