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Babies Deserve Better
Creating Your Family (Legally) with a Step Parent Adoption
Explanation of Indiana Code 35-46-1-22 35-46-1-22 -Indiana's Anti-facilitator Law
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Haitian Orphans
Hard to Place
Juno
Not Until She Walked in Her Shoes
Pregnancy Pact - You Can't Make this Stuff Up!
That Very Winter by Mia Hinkle
The Tail that Wagged the Dog . . The Need to Change the Public Perception
What Adoption is All About
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July 20, 2010
Explanation of Indiana Code 35-46-1-22- Indiana's Anti-facilitator Law
April 16, 2010
Feelings of Loss
January 22, 2010
Haitian Orphans
August 18, 2009
What Adoption is All About
October 08, 2008
That Very Winter by Mia Hinkle
Babies Deserve Better
Recently, a baby was found dead on a college campus, shortly after his mother gave birth to him. Another was left at the emergency room of an Indianapolis hospital. Thank goodness the second woman chose the emergency room instead of a dumpster. However, neither situation needed to happen. The mothers of these children could have made adoption plans and gone through the rest of their lives knowing that they had provided their children with loving and secure homes...
BABIES DESERVE BETTER THAN DUMPSTERS
Recently, a baby was found dead on a college campus, shortly after his mother gave birth to him. Another was left at the emergency room of an Indianapolis hospital. Thank goodness the second woman chose the emergency room instead of a dumpster. However, neither situation needed to happen. The mothers of these children could have made adoption plans and gone through the rest of their lives knowing that they had provided their children with loving and secure homes.
Adoption is a heroic, loving choice made by a woman. It is the essence of being a good mother to secure a child's future. Nothing will change the fact of an unplanned pregnancy, not even abortion. However, adoption offers a woman a second chance for both herself and her baby. But, before more women will consider adoption, they have to believe there will be acceptance among their friends, family, and community. The world needs to see adoption as a loving and heroic choice. According to a study by the National Council for Adoption, less than 50% of Americans finds adoption a favorable option for unwed mothers of unplanned pregnancies. Maybe when our society views adoption in a more favorable light, we will find fewer babies in dumpsters.
