Giving Up Baby
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Giving Up Baby
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Author : Laury Oaks
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-06-05
Giving Up Baby written by Laury Oaks and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-05 with Family & Relationships categories.
"Baby safe haven" laws, which allow a parent to relinquish a newborn baby legally and anonymously at a specified institutional location--such as a hospital or fire station--were established in every state between 1999 and 2009. Promoted during a time of heated public debate over policies on abortion, sex education, teen pregnancy, adoption, welfare, immigrant reproduction, and child abuse, safe haven laws were passed by the majority of states with little contest. These laws were thought to offer a solution to the consequences of unwanted pregnancies: mothers would no longer be burdened with children they could not care for, and newborn babies would no longer be abandoned in dumpsters. Yet while these laws are well meaning, they inadequately address the social injustices that compel abandonment for the very small number of girls and women who abandon their newborns. Advocates of safe haven laws target teenagers, women of color and poor women in particular with safe haven information under the assumption that they cannot offer good homes for their children. Laury Oaks argues that the labeling of certain kinds of women as potential "bad" mothers who should consider anonymously giving up their newborns for adoption into a "loving" home should best be understood as an issue of reproductive justice. Safe haven discourses promote narrow images of who deserves to be a mother and reflect restrictive views on how we should treat women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.
American Baby
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Author : Gabrielle Glaser
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-01-26
American Baby written by Gabrielle Glaser and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Family & Relationships categories.
A New York Times Notable Book The shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other. “[T]his book about the past might foreshadow a coming shift in the future… ‘I don’t think any legislators in those states who are anti-abortion are actually thinking, “Oh, great, these single women are gonna raise more children.” No, their hope is that those children will be placed for adoption. But is that the reality? I doubt it.’”[says Glaser]” -Mother Jones During the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant. Her enraged family sent her to a maternity home, where social workers threatened her with jail until she signed away her parental rights. Her son vanished, his whereabouts and new identity known only to an adoption agency that would never share the slightest detail about his fate. The adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies. American Baby lays out how a lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever. Adoption agencies and other organizations that purported to help pregnant women struck unethical deals with doctors and researchers for pseudoscientific "assessments," and shamed millions of women into surrendering their children. The identities of many who were adopted or who surrendered a child in the postwar decades are still locked in sealed files. Gabrielle Glaser dramatically illustrates in Margaret and David’s tale--one they share with millions of Americans—a story of loss, love, and the search for identity.
God And Jetfire
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Author : Amy Seek
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2015-07-14
God And Jetfire written by Amy Seek and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A searching, eloquent memoir about the joys and hardships of open adoption God and Jetfire is a mother's account of her decision to surrender her son in an open adoption and of their relationship over the twelve years that follow. Facing an unplanned pregnancy at twenty-two, Amy Seek and her ex-boyfriend begin an exhaustive search for a family to raise their child. They sift through hundreds of "Dear Birth Mother" letters, craft an extensive questionnaire, and interview numerous potential couples. Despite the immutability of the surrender, it does little to diminish Seek's newfound feelings of motherhood. Once an ambitious architecture student, she struggles to reconcile her sadness with the hope that she's done the best for her son, a struggle complicated by her continued, active presence in his life. For decades, closed adoptions were commonplace. Now, new laws are guaranteeing adoptees' access to birth records, and open adoption is on the rise. God and Jetfire is the rare memoir that explores the intricate dynamics and exceptional commitment of an open-adoption relationship from the perspective of a birth mother searching for her place within it. Written with literary poise and distinction, God and Jetfire is a story of a life divided between grief and gratitude, regret and joy. It is an elegy for a lost motherhood, a celebration of a family gained, and an apology to a beloved son.
The Primal Wound
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Author : Nancy Newton Verrier
language : en
Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba
Release Date : 2009
The Primal Wound written by Nancy Newton Verrier and has been published by British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Adopted children categories.
Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.
The Girls Who Went Away
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Author : Ann Fessler
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-06-26
The Girls Who Went Away written by Ann Fessler and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-26 with Social Science categories.
“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago Tribune In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.
Regretting Motherhood
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Author : Orna Donath
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2017-07-11
Regretting Motherhood written by Orna Donath and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-11 with Social Science categories.
Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers. If we are disturbed by the idea that a woman might regret becoming a mother, Donath says, our response should not be to silence and shame these women; rather, we need to ask honest and difficult questions about how society pushes women into motherhood and why those who reconsider it are still seen as a danger to the status quo. Groundbreaking, thoughtful, and provocative, this is an especially needed book in our current political climate, as women's reproductive rights continue to be at the forefront of national debates.
Giving Up A Baby For Adoption
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Author : Lois Raynor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Giving Up A Baby For Adoption written by Lois Raynor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Adoption categories.
Birthmothers
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Author : Merry Jones
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Distribution
Release Date : 2016-08-23
Birthmothers written by Merry Jones and has been published by Open Road Distribution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with Family & Relationships categories.
Birthmothers presents intimate and stirring accounts of more than seventy women who surrendered babies for adoption. It follows their lives long-term, from discovery of their pregnancies through the present, and identifies the Birthmother Syndrome--a pattern of behavior and emotions resulting from surrender. With heartwarming candor, Birthmothers reveals the stories of the invisible side of the adoption triangle, and touches everyone involved in adoption, as well as anyone interested in motherhood, family, and women in our society.
French Children Don T Throw Food
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Author : Pamela Druckerman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-01-19
French Children Don T Throw Food written by Pamela Druckerman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Fascinating...gripping...extremely funny...I loved it. It made me want to move to Paris' - India Knight, Sunday Times _______ Do you want to learn the secrets of the parents of France's well-behaved children? How come French babies sleep through the night? Why do French children happily eat what is put in front of them? How can French mothers chat to their friends while their children play quietly? _______ Parents are saying MERCI to Pamela Druckerman! ***** ‘Our parenting bible’ ***** ‘You are not alone! ... Brilliantly funny and really helpful.’ ***** ‘Eye opening ... it has changed the way I view and interact with my little one!’
Adopted From Asia
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Author : Frances M. Koh
language : en
Publisher: Eastwest Press
Release Date : 1993
Adopted From Asia written by Frances M. Koh and has been published by Eastwest Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.