| 1. | Adoptee's Right to Know | | | Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.
www.plumsite.com |
| 2. | Adoption Fraud | | | Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.
www.adoption-fraud.com |
| 3. | Adoption in the Computer Age | | | Discussion about how the Computer Age (or the Third Age) is revolutionizing adoption and searches. Includes information about SSDI, open records bills, the Uniform Adoption Act, search methods, recent developments, and Internet resources.
www.ecst.csuchico.edu |
| 4. | Hope4Kidz | | | Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.
www.hope4kidz.org |
| 5. | Effects of Institutionalization | | | Discussion of some of the issues related to long term effects of institutionalization on children, especially children with special needs adopted from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
www.cyfc.umn.edu |
| 6. | A Westernized Adoptee | | | Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.
members.tripod.com |
| 8. | Bastard Nation | | | Focused on equal access for adoptees to their original birth certificates, adoptee dignity, combating negative stereotypes of adoptees, and providing a forum for the wide spectrum of adult adoptee experiences.
www.bastards.org |
| 9. | Abolish Adoption | | | Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.
www.AbolishAdoption.com |
| 10. | American Adoption Congress | | | International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.
www.americanadoptioncongress.org |
| 11. | Birthmothers Exploited By Adoption | | | Presenting information about the adverse effects of adoption from mothers who feel they lost their babies through coerced or forced surrender. Includes personal stories and resources.
www.exiledmothers.com |
| 12. | OriginsUSA | | | Focuses on past practices for obtaining children for adoption and the harm they caused some birthmothers. Includes aims and objectives, questionnaire, and list of state contacts.
www.originsusa.org |
| 13. | Adoptees' Caucus for Truth | | | Resource for individuals who support the adoptees' right to their original birth certificates. Includes a petition and links to related content.
home.socal.rr.com |
| 14. | The Adoption History Project | | | A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice.
darkwing.uoregon.edu |
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