Andrea in Ethiopia with Mahalet and extended family |
Where first/birth/natural/real mothers share news & opinions. And vent.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Finding first mothers in Ethiopia
Thursday, May 19, 2016
The Adoption Option: Not a good choice
By Lorraine Dusky and Jane Edwards
Making adoption more attractive to women with unplanned pregnancies is a “worthwhile goal,” according to the liberal think tank, The Center for American Progress. A 2010 publication, The Adoption Option: Adoption Won’t Reduce Abortion but It Will Expand Women’s Choices argues for government support for “ensuring that adoption remains an ethical and effective option” while recognizing that increasing voluntary infant adoptions (approximately 14,000 a year), would not impact the number of abortions annually (1.2 million).
Lorraine Dusky |
Monday, May 16, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Honoring all Mothers' Rights this Mother's Day
Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt |
In my state, Oregon, mothers who gave up their children to adoption (rather than have their rights terminated) have the right to ask a judge for copies of documents in their child's adoption legal file once their child turns 18. These documents contain the names of the adoptive parents and the adoptive name of the child.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
It's here again: Mother's Day Blues
Yes, I got this one. Not my favorite. |
And it can't be ignored. Ads are everywhere--in the newspaper, on television, in magazines, on the internet, on Facebook. Send flowers! Buy a bracelet! Perfume! A day at the spa! Even Women for Women, a charity I support, is sending me emails urging me to give a woman in some far-away country a sewing machine or money to start a garden and give my mother a card saying it was done in her name. Personally I find that kind of "gift," unless requested by the recipient, specious and not a gift at all. But back to our dilemma:
Will a card come in the mail? Will my daughter call? Just as adoptees wonder if their first mother thinks about them on
Monday, May 2, 2016
How to find your New York City original NAME
Press Conference at NYC Hall with David Weprin, 2013 |
But take heart, adoptees born in New York--this does not have to defeat us! The data base is not only on line, but it is also available for a
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