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Adoption History

Adoption articles of historic value 

"This Time Must Come" - Sandy Musser

"Not By Choice" - Karen Wilson Buterbaugh 

"America's Secret Crime Against the Family" - Jessica DelBalzo 

"Bush Admin Pushes Grabbing Babies from Poor Women so Wealthy can Adopt" -  Linda Webber

 

 

 

 

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The status of women in a society may be partially determined by the number of women who have their babies adopted-out.

Mothers for Open Records Everywhere. Sign petition. Mothers (NOT 'birthmothers') for Open Records for Adoptees, No "birthparent" confidentiality or privacy promised or desired.