Infant Adoption Awareness

ARTICLES ON ADOPTION AND TREATMENT OF 'UNWED' MOTHERS:

• Adoption - Not By Choice by Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh
• Effects of Adoption on Mental Health of the Mother: What They Knew and Didn't Tell Us
• Adoption: The Facts
• Adoption FAQ
• DISEMBABYMENT: How Our Babies Were Taken For Adoption
• The Negative Effects of Adoption on Adopted People (new link coming soon)
• The Adoption Industry
• ("birth")-MOTHER RESEARCH PROJECT: The Trauma of Relinquishment
• SILENT VOICES HEARD - Impact of the Birthmother's Experience, Then and Now
• Adoption: Trauma that Lasts a Life Time
• Adoption Considerations
• THE PRIMAL WOUND: Legacy of the Adopted Child
• What Is The Primal Wound? Understanding The Trauma of Infant-Maternal Separation

PERSONAL WEBSITES OF EXILED MOTHERS:

• An Exiled Mother's Story. Adoption in a time (1966) when unwed pregnant mothers were incarcerated in maternity "homes" by their parents, with the condition of admittance to the facility being surrender of their babies
• "Out of the Fog" Online video in which mothers speak about adoption. VERY POWERFUL! :)
• "Vicki L. Ayres Master of Arts Thesis Exhibit" This work is in the form of autobiographical episodic series that reveal the pain and trauma of losing my only child to adoption.
• "How They Stole My Baby: The Secrets and Lies of an "Open Adoption" One mother's experience with the "Small Miracles" adoption agency in Colorado.
• Adopt-A-Pundit " Surviving Adoption - The Life, Times And Opinions Of A Natural Mother
• Natural Moms Journal on Adoption "I am reunited with my daughter. The website is not only for natural moms but also for natural families. Natural grandmothers, siblings, fathers, husbands to natural moms, etc., are all invited to join. These are the forgotten parties. I hope you will participate."

ADOPTION RECOVERY AND REUNION ORGANIZATIONS

• Origins: Supporting People Separated by Adoption
• Baby Scoop Era Research Initiative
• Origins Canada
• Trackers International (U.K.)
• Adoption Insights (MSN Forum)
• Adopting-Back Our Stolen Children (MSN Forum)
• Easter House EHbabes.com - website for search, support and reunion.
• "Mothers for Open Records Everywhere"
• Adoption Crossroads
• ADOPTEES & "birth"-PARENTS for OPEN RECORDS (ABORN)
• Americans for Open Records (AmFOR)
• Abolish Adoption
• GhostDancer's Anti-Adoption Pages
• Adoption: Legalized Lies
• Green Ribbon Campaign for Open Records
• Adopting Babies from Korea? Transracial Abductees Speak!
• Adoption Crossroads
• YOUNG MOTHERS RIGHTS

INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTION, FAMILY DISMEMBERMENT AND THE BABY-SELLING INDUSTRY :

• Adoption Issues, Debate, News Articles - Modern-day adoption coercion exposed.
• "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.
• Infant Adoption and 'Birthmothers' - 'birthmothers'.info, Research About the Consequences of Adoption on Natural Mothers
• Adopting Back Our Stolen Children Website. Why do adoptees want to be adopted back? And one great story from a mother who did adopt her daughter back.
• Ethical Adoption Agencies? Baby Broker Watch website "reveals the facts about Seymour Kurtz and his baby brokering ("adoption") agencies"
• Infant Adoption Human Rights Issues - Infant Adoption in the 60's and today, denying single parents and adoptee rights. With links to articles on adoption.

SUPPORT FOR NATURAL FAMILIES: KEEPING YOUR BABY THE ALTERNATIVE TO ADOPTION

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