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Pregnant and Thinking About Adoption: Resources for More Information

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This information was taken directly from Child Welfare Information Gateway’'

Resources for More Information

Websites and Blogs

Child Welfare Information Gateway For Expectant Parents Considering Adoption and Birth Parents https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/birth/for

Glossary of Adoption and Child Welfare Terms https://www.childwelfare.gov/admin/glossary/index.cfm

Laws Related to Adoption www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/laws/

National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/

Adoption Together Birthparents Blog www.birthparentblog.com/

America Adopts americaadopts.com/pregnant/

American Adoption Congress www.americanadoptioncongress.org

American Pregnancy Association americanpregnancy.org/adotion/adoptionfaq.html

Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) www.cubirthparents.org

Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support openadoptioninsight.org/expectant-parents/

National Council for Adoption, IChooseAdoption.org ichooseadoption.org/

Open Adoption Bloggers openadoptionbloggers.com

Publications

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2013). Impact of adoption on birth parents. Available from: www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_impact/index.cfm

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2013). Openness in adoption: Building relationships between adoptive and birth families. Available from: www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadopt.cfm

Child Welfare Information Gateway and Office of Population Affairs. (2013). Open adoption: Could open adoption be the best choice for you and your baby? Available from: www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/openadoption.cfm

Caldwell, M. (2008). So I Was Thinking About Adoption... Considering Your Choices. American Carriage House Publishing.

Fessler, A. (2006). The girls who went away: The hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade. Penguin Press.

Mary Martin Mason. (1995). Out of the shadows: Birthfathers’ stories. O.J. Howard Publishing.

Siegel, D.H., & Smith, S.L. (2012). Openness in adoption: From secrecy and stigma to knowledge and connections. Available from: adoptioninstitute.org/publications/openness-in-adoption-from-secrecy-and-stigma-to-knowledge-and-connections/

Smith, S. (2007). Safeguarding the rights and well-being of birthparents in the adoption process. Available from: adoptioninstitute.org/publications/safeguarding-the-rights-and-well-being-of-birthparents-in-the-adoption-process/


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Resource

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2014). Are you pregnant and thinking about adoption? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.