First and foremost, the article labels expectant mothers "birthmothers" - ❋ Unknown (2009)
These were not open adoptions at all but two teenaged expectant mothers — called birthmothers before they give birth, much less relinquish their parental rights — being duped by sleek professionals into surrendering their children to closed adoptions after meeting the parents that they chose from scrapbooks. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"birthmothers" into re-education camps, turn Gladney into a therapy center for the genetically bewildered, and force abortion on every female between the age of 12-49 (to be performed in Catholic hospitals, of course!) just to run adoption agencies out of business. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Groups from churches, bar associations, and even the ACLU have argued that birthmothers were promised confidentiality. ❋ Jean Strauss (2010)
The bill would actually empower NJ birthmothers for the very first time by giving them an opportunity to privately communicate their wishes with their son or daughter. ❋ Jean Strauss (2010)
Yet there is no statutory guarantee of privacy nor is there evidence that birthmothers as a whole seek anonymity from the child they bore. ❋ Jean Strauss (2010)
That link will give the opportunity to gain access to some very caring, knowledgable birthmothers who have been where she is and can help her with all of the feelings that have and will continue to come up as she navigates this thing we call reunion. ❋ Unknown (2008)
An examination of the outcomes of access legislation in the states where sealed records laws have been reversed suggests that while birthmothers desired privacy from their neighbors and communities and even families, most do not seek privacy from the adult son or daughter they bore. ❋ Jean Strauss (2010)
One possible compromise: an amendment that would grant adoptees their birth certificates, but would allow birthmothers to attach a "" no contact '' provision to the document. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"" It completely ignores mutual consent, '' says attorney Franklin Hunsaker, who is representing the birthmothers in the lawsuit. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I have spoken to hundreds of birthmothers who, like me, have continued to care about their children regardless of circumstances of the pregnancy. ❋ Unknown (2008)
With adoptees and birthmothers pitted against each other, the court must now wrestle with the tough question of whose rights are more important. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In most open adoptions birthmothers choose the parents of their baby. ❋ CC (2008)
But two days before the law was to take effect in December, a group of birthmothers filed suit against the state, claiming it violated their right to privacy. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Your story on Measure 58 does an injustice to the vast majority of birthmothers. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Adapting Adoption LawsI found your article on adoptees and birthmothers and the battle over secrecy fascinating ( "Haunted by a Painful History," Society, Feb. 22). ❋ Unknown (2008)
