Pregnant and Thinking About Adoption: Resources for More Information
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 https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/laws/
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search https://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad/
Adoption Together Birthparents Blog http://www.birthparentblog.com/
America Adopts http://www.americaadopts.com/pregnant/
American Adoption Congress http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org
American Pregnancy Association http://americanpregnancy.org/adotion/adoptionfaq.html
Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) http://www.cubirthparents.org
Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support http://openadoptioninsight.org/expectant-parents/
National Council for Adoption, IChooseAdoption.org http://ichooseadoption.org/
Open Adoption Bloggers http://openadoptionbloggers.com
Publications
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2013). Impact of adoption on birth parents. Available from: https://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: https://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: https://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: http://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: http://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.