Birth Mother

Public Apology To My Daughter

Dina McQueen | Posted 04.02.2012

Dina McQueen

The time has come to pull back and stop allowing my family to be the target of what can be a society of voyeurs

Birth Mother Pain -- The Only Way Out is Through It: 7 Steps to Liberation

Dina McQueen | Posted 05.29.2012

Dina McQueen

I have come to know that it is not only my responsibility to be present for my child, whatever shape the need at hand takes, but it is also my honor.

Facebook Helps Adopted Teen Find Birth Mother

Posted 08.30.2011

NBC Today interviewed a family who found their adopted daughter's birth mother on Facebook. As Jessi Zachtel grew up, she found herself increasingly...

Adoption Myth Buster: What it Takes to Wake

Jennifer Lauck | Posted 11.17.2011

Jennifer Lauck

Every human being on the planet comes through the womb of a mother. To force a mother to choose between keeping her offspring or losing acceptance by the culture is to force her to split in half and as a result, to collapse.

Abducted Versus Adopted: For 1.5 Million of U.S. Adoptees, What's the Difference?

Jennifer Lauck | Posted 11.17.2011

Jennifer Lauck

Though I am considered to have been 'adopted', and not 'abducted,' I have to wonder what the difference is in these terms, especially when I consider the circumstances of my own birth and subsequent relinquishment.

Womb For Rent: The Curious Lives Of Surrogates

Newsweek | Lorraine Ali and Raina Kelley | Posted 11.17.2011

But what kind of woman would carry a child to term, only to hand him over moments after birth? Surrogates challenge our most basic ideas about motherh...