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adoptive families may exercise their right to contact one another. This contact may include but is not limited to sending mail and/or photos, phone calls, or having face-to-face visits.” Also, percent and % are alternated throughout the text. I propose changing all of the signs to the spelled-out version.
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SO, you would rather have a pregnant 15 year old, drop out of school to care for a child when she is still a child herself? According to the statements above, no help should be provided to this teen mother. Adoption is a very viable alternatie as it allows a second chance both to the birth mother
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is a blog with nothing but biased stories and people’s opinions. Due to this, it is not a reliable source. I also feel that this article is biased to the United States. It seldom talks about adoption in other countries. I feel that the article should be titled Open
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The pro/con stuff needs to include the point of view that openness before birth can often lead a birth parent to feel coerced to place the child rather than parent the child. A lot of ethical adoption activists feel that it's totally out of place for a prospective adoptive parent to be going to
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Knowledge is not really a place for these comments, though I agree with the above statement. In response to the pregnant teenager cenario, that's why you find a foster family or relative to help you until you yourself can assume responsibiltiy.
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I'd agree with most of that; the blog - while not necessarily biased, it's one person's lived experience - can't be used as a reliable source; and the article is definitely US-centric. I'd agree with moving the page to the new title as proposed.
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Hmm, you can have an "open adoption" with "open records" and a "closed adoption" with "closed records," an "open adoption" with "closed records" and a "closed adoption" with "open records." I would urge caution here too.
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doctor's appointments, be present for the birth, etc., because it makes the birth parent(s) feel that they can't then change their mind and decide to parent their child, which should of course always be an option.
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Regarding the variability in the various degrees of openness (e.g. an "Open adoption" with "closed records"), I believe addressing these would be an advantage of a combined "openness in adoption" page.
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