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The Eight Great Fallacies of Adoption
Anne D. Slagle, adoptee

Adoption is one of those subjects that everyone thinks they know something about – and has an opinion on. Unfortunately, many of these opinions are wrong, since most people are not adopted, and have no first-hand experience of the adoption process or the effects it has on the families involved in adoption. There are many fallacies concerning adoption – some of them may surprise you!

Story available at http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/22/news/local/35-adoption.txt

Published on Friday, June 22, 2007.
Last modified on 6/22/2007 at 1:55 am
Family sees divinity in pending adoption

By DIANE COCHRAN
Of The Gazette Staff
Jenny and Todd Moore weren't surprised to feel a higher power nudging them into action, but the direction the nudge sent them was a bit startling.

Later this year, the Moores plan to adopt two children from an orphanage in Jinja, Uganda. They have three biological children - Jaden, 6; Kellen, 4; and Sage, 2.

http://bastardnation.blogspot.com/2006/02/adoption-is-not-reproductive-r...

Sunday, February 26, 2006
Adoption is NOT A Reproductive Rights Issue

Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization proudly publishes this essay by Maryanne Cohen, a birth mother and long time member of Bastard Nation. Please forward freely with accurate attribution.

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Adoption is NOT A Reproductive Rights Issue
by Maryanne Cohen