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Related Resources: Understanding the Emotional Impact of Adoption

Information on the impact of adoption on birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children and adults, to assist professionals counseling birth parents.

Adopting Change: Birth Mothers in Maternity Homes Today
Edwards & Williams
Gender and Society, 14(1), 2000
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Explores the reasons some pregnant women enter maternity homes with the plan to place their babies for adoption.

Birth Fathers and Their Adoption Experiences
Clapton (2003)
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Feelings and motivations of birth fathers who release their children for adoption.

Should I Have This Baby? What to Do When Your Pregnancy Is Unexpected
Jones (1996)
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Options for women who discover an unwanted or unexpected pregnancy.

The Third Choice: A Woman's Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption
Foge & Mosconi (2004, 2nd ed.)
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Designed to assist women who have chosen to place their child for adoption.

Updated on December 7, 2007