Adoption is a hot topic--played out in the news and on TV talk shows, in advice columns and
tell-all tales--but for the 25 million Americans who are members of the adoption triad of …

Talk about adoption has become increasingly politicized, as debates swirl around the
morality and viability of various forms of adoption: interracial, international," open," and those …

Adoption is closely intertwined with many issues that are central to public policy in this
country-welfare and poverty, race and class, and gender. An analysis of the history of …

In this article, community assessments of support for three levels of open adoption are
examined, including two types of mediated adoption, fully disclosed adoption, and …

Using in-depth qualitative interviews with 82 respondents, we examine the nature of beliefs
and values about biological (birth) and adoptive parents. With a Canada-wide random …

In 2002, thirty-one-year-old Joanna Rose, a person who was conceived by her parents with
the use of anonymous sperm, brought a claim against the British government. She sought to …

This article offers a critique of the work of Quinton, Rushton, Dance and Mayes (1997)
concerning the merits, for the various parties, of the maintenance of contact between …

Dramatic increases in same-race adoptions of African American children have stimulated
interest in the experiences of these families, including those related to disclosure. Data from …

This paper presents the rationale and details of state policy with regard to sealed record
statutes and open adoption practice. The empirical work focuses on attitudes toward, and …

The authors report on a Canada-wide survey examining support for changes in adoption as
a kinship form and relate their findings to relevant survey research conducted in the United …