Open Directory - Society: Issues: Children, Youth and Family: Adoption
See also: - Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically. - Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources. - About.com presents a survey of adoption topics and legal issues. - A resource for adopted children and their parents. Contains sections such as "Speak Out," which features writings from children about adoption, as well as sections on famous people, homework help, clubhouse library, fun stuff, and adoption talk. - Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage. - Promotes reform of adoption laws and helps disseminate information on ethical adoption practices. Member directory, media contacts, and news. - International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details. - Supports public access to birth certificates and medical records. Includes articles, active lobby details and personal pages. - Provides information on a uniform law enacted in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands that protects children who are placed across state lines for foster care or adoption. - 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. - Presenting information about the adverse effects of adoption from mothers who feel they lost their babies through coerced or forced surrender. Includes personal stories and resources. - A place for birth mothers to unite, share thoughts and feelings, and receive healing on post-adoption grief issues. - Offers training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment to families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship. - Legislation (S. 2779) to improve the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) was introduced by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR). - Reunion, relationships, and natural parents adopting-back the children they had lost to infant-adoption. - Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care. - Contact information for several medical clinics that specialize in helping internationally adopted children with ailments that are uncommon or not easily diagnosed or treated. - A collective national (USA) effort to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families. - Provides training, consultation, and informational materials for professionals, organizations, and parents regarding special needs adoptions. - Argues many current adoption practices are unethical. Articles, policy positions, and links. - Supporting people separated by adoption and asking for an inquiry into alleged illegal and exploitive adoption practices. - Advocates for the right of adopted persons to know the truth of their origin. Offers an adoption reunion registry. - A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice. - Michael Montgomery of American RadioWorks reports on problems with adoptions of children from the former Soviet Union. [17:10 streaming audio broadcast] (January 08, 2006) - Ed Gordon and guests explores overcoming obstacles to adoption in USA communities of color. [11:46 streaming audio broadcast] (November 07, 2005)
