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PURELY AMERICAN: LAWS, LIES AND LOVE, Dr. D. William Troxler, Capital College, 2000

"The giver is called the birth mother or biological mother or natural mother. These terms cloud the fact that a mother who 'gave up' her child was authoritatively deceived at a vulnerable moment by her entire support system and the professionals who were supposed to serve her."

Adoption-Related Links

OriginsNSW - Australia - Adoption history, effects on mental health and more. "Origins Inc. was founded in 1995 by a small group of mothers who, having lost their children to adoption, were being continuously re-traumatised each time so-called experts and health professional minimised and invalidated the severe emotional anguish, trauma, and grief left in the wake of their adoption experience, assuming that we, as mothers, should have accepted the loss of our living babies - as if it were possible to do that."

Origins Queensland - Australia Origins Queensland is a group of women who lost babies to adoption. The focus is on the need to address past adoption practices, and on support and validation of the mothers' loss.

Origins South Australia Supporting people separated by adoption. Adoption chat, message board and much more.

Origins Tasmania Supporting people separated by adoption.

OriginsCanada Support and information for adopted persons and natural mothers and family.

OriginsUSA - Support for natural mothers and an inquiry into unethical adoption practices.

Mothers for Open Records Everywhere. Sign petition. Mothers (NOT 'birthmothers') for Open Records for Adoptees, No "birthparent" confidentiality or privacy promised or desired.

Trackers International - in the UK. Trackers International is the independent tracing agency and specialist research unit founded on the principles of justice. Justice for the hundreds of thousands of unmarried mothers who were denied the right to keep their babies. Justice for all the adoptees who were denied the right to be raised by their natural mothers.

Trackers International traces and reunites families separated by adoption.

Adoption Loss - Natural Parents Network of Ireland Adoption Loss is a voluntary group offering support services for mothers and fathers who have lost children to adoption. Includes contact preference registry information.

Adoption Ireland - AdoptionIreland, the Adopted Peoples Association (APA), offers a wide range of resources for adopted people with an Irish connection and their natural families.

Magdalene Laundries - Seeking justice and memorial for those women who were incarcerated in the magdalene laundries. (See the movie Magdalene Sisters and the associated doucmentary on the same DVD.)

Mathair Ail - Mother of the Brood, the Source Support group for Irish women who have lost children to adoption.

AdoptionCrossroads - Adoption chat, search, support for adoptees and "birthmoms" * - Support for people separated by adoption.

"Birthmothers" Exploited By Adoption* - Support for adopted persons and mothers whose babies have been taken for adoption. Read and sign the guestbook.

*Note: The terms "birthmom" and "birthmother are used here for search engine placement ONLY. No mother is an incubator or "birth thing" - she is a mother.

Adoption: Legalized Lies - Adoptees, natural parent and grandparents and other advocates for natural family and opposed to adoption.

Keep Your Baby - "Parenting" - To help pregnant moms who are considering adoption to learn the truth.

Unplanned Pregnancy? - A Mother's Song - Taking the crisis out of pregnancy. Many resources listed for mothers and fathers to help them keep their babies.

Dear Birthmother "Game" - a sassy website opposing "Dear Birthmother" letters and reproductive technologies.

Stephen Fitzpatrick - adoptee speaks out about adoption.

"The first myth that I believed, which gave me a very negative and destructive imprint as a child, was that I was not wanted and not loved. As well as creating hatred towards my mother, it created a sense of loyalty towards my adoptive parents, and the feeling that I needed to behave, and be good in order to not repeat the same mistakes and be rejected again. These are dangerous beliefs to hold. Not only are they untrue, but they are emotionally and spiritually very damaging." - Stephen Fitzpatrick

Strengthening Families - In adoption, loss is experienced by the natural parents, the adopters and by the adopted person. Many adoptees, such as Catholic Priest Rev. Thomas F. Brosnan say that "In my biased opinion the greatest Loss is suffered by the adopted person."

Forcibly Breaking the Maternal Bond - Maternal separation is too painful for monkeys - why do we encourage it for humans?

"Birth"mothers.info - Support Group Listing and Research

A Comparison of Adoption Practices in North America and Australia by Evelyn Robinson

Evelyn Robinson's website - Solving the mystery of reunion - books and articles.

More Artificially-Created Orphans - Surrogacy and Donor Insemination "Adoption"

Son of a Surrogate - Surrogate "adoptee" explains that the "surrogate" is his real mother.

Reproductive Technologies: Emotional Adoption Perhaps worse than adoption because the "recipients" of the child are not prepared for adoption-related issues.

Donor Registry - For sperm donor adoptees and sperm "donors" - the natural fathers of the children created via sperm donation.

Son of a Sperm "Donor" Finds His Father Through DNA -- Good for him - he found the Dad that sold him.

"Like many children whose mothers used an anonymous sperm donor, the 15-year-old boy longed for any shred of information about his biological father.

But this resourceful teenager decided to try exploiting the latest in genetic technology and the sleuthing powers of the Internet in his quest.

By submitting a DNA sample to a commercial genetic database service designed to help people draw their family tree, the youth found a crucial clue that quickly enabled him to track down his long-sought parent."

Money in Adoption & Foster Care

Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness

A Must-Read Article by a Foster Caregiver

National Coalition of Child Protection Reform

From the Franklin First News: New Jersey DYFS Takes Father's Child At Birth In Hospital. by Jessica DelBalzo, free-lance writer and researcher

Inter-country Adoption, International Adoption

Harvesting Babies Internationally, International Baby and Child Abduction-Adoption

Adoption Artwork

Vicki L. Ayres adoption "birthmother" paintings and other stunning artwork

Fabulous artwork - Lina Eve - adoption "birthmother" oil paintings, photography, drawings and "Bad Girl" CD

Infertility

Medical News - Half those delaying pregnancy leave it too late, UK 01 Oct 2004 "Half of all women who put off trying for a baby until their 30s will fail to have a child, a new survey claims... women tend to overestimate how many childbearing years they have left and experts are now calling for sex education in schools to discuss how to get pregnant in adulthood.

The risks associated with pregnancy increase gradually as age advances: There is higher risk of miscarriage, placenta previa, fetal distress prolonged labor, low birthweight baby, preterm birth, cesarean birth, down syndrome, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease.

More Adoption-Related Websites

Comic Mom - adoptee website - website of adoptee separated from her mother for adoption soon after birth - sign up for her great newsletter, too!

Adopting Children - BACK! Website. (Click on the banner above) Why do adoptees want to be adopted back? And one great story from a mother who did adopt her daughter back.

Adopting Back Our Stolen Children Message Board

A Mother's Love, Brain Linked by Robert Lee Hotz. "It turns out a mother carries in her bloodstream, for decades after they are born, a little piece of every baby she has had."

Easter House EHbabes.com - website for search, support and reunion.

Baby Broker Watch website "reveals the facts about Seymour Kurtz and his baby brokering ("adoption") agencies"

Easter House, Chicago, Illinois
Friends of Children, Atlanta, Georgia
Birth Hope, Phoenix, Arizona
American Friends of Children, Washington, DC
Casa del Sur, Mexico City Mexico
La Sociedad, Tlaxcala, Mexico

Small Miracles Adoption Agency in Denver in the News. Read the transcript: "If they are not sure about placing their baby - they would offer them more money."

COMPETITORS SAY THAT'S NOT THE WAY REPUTABLE ADOPTION AGENCIES SHOULD WORK.

Unlocking the Heart of Adoption - In this documentary which is being aired on PBS, documentary filmmaker Sheila Ganz provides some insights into how adoption affects the adopted person and the natural mother. Perhaps more could have been said in the film about the "social forces" that tear the real family members apart, but otherwise "Unlocking the Heart of Adoption" is very informational for a public that has been led to believe that a baby won't know the difference and her natural mother will just go on as if nothing had happened. No mother (or father) should be denied help so her baby can be used to fulfill some strangers dream of a baby for adoption.

Don't airbrush cruelties of adoption
By Adele Horin
The stories told by mothers who gave their children up for adoption are unbearably painful. For decades no one wanted to listen to these "relinquishing" mothers...

Anne Patterson - Searching for a "birth" relative in Canada? Reunited Adoptee and Private Investigator will help. Fifth Avenue Private Investigators adoption searches.

Tuscon Adoption Registry - Adoption truth, tips for searching for "birth" family members, adoption poems, more

Touched by Adoption - "The First and only DNA Project of it's Kind"

Are you searching for "Birth" Relatives? Emergency Medical Locators for Adoptees (EMLA) is a nonprofit organization that conducts free searches for those who are in critical need of their family medical histories in times of life-threatening medical crisis. But there are also lots of resources listed by state for non-life-threatening searches as well.

Unplanned Pregnancy Issues and Adoption "Birthmom" Blog This blog exposes the truth about the adoption industry.

Adoption Issues Blog - Are there really so many unwanted babies or just unwanted family types?

Reproductive Rights, Human Rights Adoption Blog - kickass commentary on a Brave New World

Adoption and Reproductive Technologies Blog

Angels in Adoption - Dedicated to people who are true adoption angels.

Link Exchange?

If you have an adoption-related website would like to exchange links please contact me. Your website must utilize honest (not biased) language. People who adopt are a substitute for a child's mother and father NOT the mother and father. A natural mother and father are not "birth parents" (aka "birth things"). Using honest language is important in preventing additional unnecessary separation of family. Using honest language will also help to reform the systems that are in place which cruelly deny human beings the knowledge of who they really are. In the United States, not only adopted persons but other persons that have been "artificially orphaned" through "donor" insemination, egg "donor", embryo adoption are all being denied the most basic knowledge about themselves. This should be illegal.

Adoptees and Adoption