Adoption

Adoption Fact: Adoption by homosexual singles and couples is gaining acceptance in the US. According to a survey conducted by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 60% of US adoption agencies accept applications from homosexuals and about 40% of these agencies have already placed children with these families.

Free and Inexpensive Adoption Networking Resources - This site offers a directory of free and very inexpensive places to post your "Dear Expectant Parent" letter on the Internet.

Adoption.com Waiting Families Directory - Arguably the largest, most well-known waiting family directory on the Internet. Packages start at $59/mo. and go up from there.

Adoption Fraud - Pre-adoptive families seem like easy prey for scammers out to make a buck. Whether it's a woman who fakes a pregnancy so the pre-adoptive family will pay for her living expenses or an agency that makes false promises, there are ways to protect yourself from scammers. This article shows you how.

Risk in Adoption - When expectant parents and pre-adoptive parents match prior to the baby's birth, the issue of risk is a very real one. Will the mother go through with placement or choose to parent? Learn how to evaluate the risk level of your situation and how to protect your finances and emotions.

Openness in Adoption: A Fact Sheet for Families - What is openness in adoption? This even-handed article describes the degrees of openness in adoption. It offers excellent advice on deciding what level of openness is best for your child, as well as a directory of Internet links and books for further research.

Adopting a Waiting Child - This comprehensive article gives step-by-step instructions on how to adopt a child from the US foster care system.

Parenting Special Needs Children - This site is a one stop resource for a wide variety of special needs, including Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reactive Attachment Disorder, ADD and many other other medical and emotional challenges.

Adoption Photolisting: AdoptUSKids.com - Meet hundreds of children from across the United States who are waiting for their forever families.

US Dept. of State - International Adoption - Fact sheets and adoption information for dozens of sending countries. The site also includes information on the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 and important adoption-related updates.

Adoption Travel Essentials - What type of gear do you need when you go to bring your child home? This article breaks it down for you.

Rainbow Kids - This site has a huge photolisting of waiting child from around the world. You'll also find articles and fact sheets about adopting from various countries.

Inter-National Adoption Alliance - This site offers articles, poetry, information about trans-racial/trans-cultural adoptions and US citizenship information.

Preacher Calls Adoption Fees Discriminatory - Ken Hutcherson, founder of Antioch Adoptions (a no-fee agency), asks: When adoption fees are based on a child's race, "What's the difference between that and slavery?"

American Adoption Congress - The American Adoption Congress is committed to, among other things, lobbying for access to adoption records by adopted persons and their birth familes and "promot[ing] honesty, openness and respect for family connections in adoption, foster care and assisted reproduction."

Mothers in Exile - Page for mothers who were coerced into surrendering their children for adoption. Explores the dark side of the adoption industry and provides advice for mothers wishing to parent their children.

Adoption: Legalized Lies - This group is working to abolish adoption. They have an 800-number you can call if you know of a mother considering adoption.

International Adoption: Opening Pandora's Box - The author of this article explains why he believes "International adoption isn't the answer to improving the overall plight of children in developing countries."