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    Open vs. Closed Adoption

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    For many people‚ adoption is the only choice when it comes to having children. Once someone chooses adoption‚ however‚ there is always more than one option available. It is important when choosing adoption that each person involved is educated on the topic. There are three main types of adoption: confidential‚ mediated‚ and fully disclosed. “In up to 90% of domestic infant adoptions‚ adoptive parents maintain some contact with birth parents. It’s considered best practice because most women want to

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    Is Adoption still stigmatized? Adoption has grown to be more popular than it once was a half a century ago. Very few families adopted children years ago because of the stigma that was attached to it for all members of the adoption triad. Today in every magazine there are photos of celebrities with their adopted children going about their daily lives. Adoption is understood and accepted by the majority of people in America. Surveys show that most adoptions do end up working out well

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    with a worse life because they live in a country that isn’t as plentiful as the US. It’s not right! America has children without homes‚ but how about children in countries that don’t have as much as we do? In my opinion‚ that’s why international adoption should be legal. We all need to consider that even though America has foster care for homeless kids‚ other countries may not. According to Borgen Magazine‚ at one orphanage in China‚ a 2 year old girl was starved to death while living there. Not

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    Allowing Same-Sex Adoption

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    2013 May 1‚ 2013 08 Fall 08 Fall (Wolf) (Wolf) Love Knows No Bias—Allowing Same-Sex Adoption Nicole Lopez Love Knows No Bias—Allowing Same-Sex Adoption Nicole Lopez Table of Contents Pageseo All Children Deserve A Home...............................3 Social vs. Legal....................................................4 What’s The Problem With Same-Sex Adoption?.....................................5 Marriage..........................................

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     In  the   past  few  years  this  relationship  has  become  somewhat  unstable‚  ultimately  resulting  in  the   newly  signed  “Dima  Yakovlev  Law”  that  prevents  American  adoption  of  Russian  children‚   among  other  limiting  actions.    This  ruling  and  the  events  leading  up  to  the  decision  have   caused  disquiet  around  the  world  for

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    Friends at school and in the neighborhood will now have to adjust to a new last name as well. This can be difficult for a child‚ so you need to sit down with your stepchildren and discuss this with them. It is important that they understand how the adoption will effect them. Of course‚ if your child is young enough‚ they may never know their last name was changed until they are older. The ramifications of a future divorce No one wants to talk about a divorce‚ because you never plan on having one‚

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    The Adoption Papers The story of Jackie Kay’s life is as fascinating and complex as her literary works. The comparison is significant because several of Kay’s pieces spring from her biography and they are all concerned with the intricate nature of identity. Kay’s father was a black Nigerian visiting Edinburgh when he met Kay’s white Scottish mother. After he returned to Nigeria‚ the mother discovered she was pregnant and decided to give up the child. Kay was then adopted by a white Glaswegian couple

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    find an animal that would love you more than an adopted one would‚ because they owe you their life. A life that would otherwise be spent on the streets‚ fighting for food‚ freezing in the cold‚ or a life spent in a cage that can only end two ways. Adoption or death. My dog Jazz has been rescued twice in her life. First she was rescued from a dump in Elliott lake when she was a puppy. She moved to Toronto and lived with our neighbour Joe. A few years later he couldn’t take care of her‚ so we offered

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    Consider the Kids The current debate over adoption is a struggle between forces claiming to support what is truly best for children and society as a whole. Advocates claim that homosexual adoption is a wonderful remedy‚ which will elevate the number of foster children in America while creating diversity and combatting homophobia. However‚ I propose that gay adoption is far from a healthy remedy for combatting homophobia or a medicine for the current welfare of the state. Children of homosexual

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    In today’s society‚ the idea of adoption is an open and welcome one. However‚ the biggest decision in adoption today is whether to adopt domestically or internationally. There is a very large growing trend in international adoptions today. Compared to adoption rates in 1987‚ in 2004 international adoptions had risen over 200% as compared to an 8% rise in domestic adoptions. After World War II‚ international adoptions began to rise because Americans began adopting European and Japanese war orphans

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