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 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.