Adoption : opposing viewpoints /
Adoption : opposing viewpoints / [print]
Andrew Harnack, book editor.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1995.
- 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Adoption is a violent act Adoption is an act of compassion The orphanage system should be reestablished The orphanage system should not be reestablished Preserving biological families should be encouraged Creating more adoption possibilities should be encouraged The rights of birth mothers must be protected The rights of birth fathers must be protected The rights of adoptive parents must be protected In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was right In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was wrong Gays and lesbians should have the right to adopt children Single adults should be encouraged to adopt children Surrogate mothers should help childless couples have children More residential communities should care for children Informal adoptions should be supported Foreign adoptions should be discouraged Foreign adoptions should be encouraged Transracial adoptions should be forbidden Transracial adoptions should be encouraged Special needs adoptions should be promoted Special needs adoptions should be reevaluated An open adoption policy is best A sealed adoption policy is best Myths about adoption should be dispelled Adoptees searching for birth parents should be helped The courts should do more to protect adoptive families Adoption agencies must provide more post-adoption services Unnecessary barriers to special needs adoption must be eliminated Joss Shawyer -- Marvin Olasky -- Charles D. Aring -- The North American Council on Adoptable Children -- Nanette Schorr -- Elizabeth Bartholet -- Concerned United Birthparents -- Paul Sachdev -- Hal Aigner -- Carole Anderson -- Mary Beth Style -- Carole Cullum -- Vic Groze -- Elizabeth Hirschman -- Mary-Lou Weisman -- Charmaine Yoest -- Kenneth J. Herrmann Jr. and Barbara Kasper -- Elizabeth Bartholet -- Audrey T. Russell -- Rita J. Simon, Howard Altstein and Marygold S. Melli -- Judith K. McKenzie -- Katharine Davis Fishman -- Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- A. Dean Byrd -- Peter L. Benson and Anu Sharma -- Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- Harvard Law Review -- Kenneth W. Watson -- Lynn G. Gabbard.
Debates issues concerning the adoption of children, presenting arguments both in favor of and against adopting.
94041043 /AC
Adoption.
HV875.H289.A367 1995
Includes bibliographies and index.
Adoption is a violent act Adoption is an act of compassion The orphanage system should be reestablished The orphanage system should not be reestablished Preserving biological families should be encouraged Creating more adoption possibilities should be encouraged The rights of birth mothers must be protected The rights of birth fathers must be protected The rights of adoptive parents must be protected In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was right In the "baby Jessica" case, the court was wrong Gays and lesbians should have the right to adopt children Single adults should be encouraged to adopt children Surrogate mothers should help childless couples have children More residential communities should care for children Informal adoptions should be supported Foreign adoptions should be discouraged Foreign adoptions should be encouraged Transracial adoptions should be forbidden Transracial adoptions should be encouraged Special needs adoptions should be promoted Special needs adoptions should be reevaluated An open adoption policy is best A sealed adoption policy is best Myths about adoption should be dispelled Adoptees searching for birth parents should be helped The courts should do more to protect adoptive families Adoption agencies must provide more post-adoption services Unnecessary barriers to special needs adoption must be eliminated Joss Shawyer -- Marvin Olasky -- Charles D. Aring -- The North American Council on Adoptable Children -- Nanette Schorr -- Elizabeth Bartholet -- Concerned United Birthparents -- Paul Sachdev -- Hal Aigner -- Carole Anderson -- Mary Beth Style -- Carole Cullum -- Vic Groze -- Elizabeth Hirschman -- Mary-Lou Weisman -- Charmaine Yoest -- Kenneth J. Herrmann Jr. and Barbara Kasper -- Elizabeth Bartholet -- Audrey T. Russell -- Rita J. Simon, Howard Altstein and Marygold S. Melli -- Judith K. McKenzie -- Katharine Davis Fishman -- Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- A. Dean Byrd -- Peter L. Benson and Anu Sharma -- Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor -- Harvard Law Review -- Kenneth W. Watson -- Lynn G. Gabbard.
Debates issues concerning the adoption of children, presenting arguments both in favor of and against adopting.
94041043 /AC
Adoption.
HV875.H289.A367 1995